Causes of hypertension in kidney transplant

What are the causes of hypertension in patients who have undergone kidney transplant?

• Primary HTN

• Secondary HTN related to native kidneys

• Recipient factors, including male gender, genetic profile, metabolic syndrome, and diabetes

• Donor factors, inducing HTN history, age, allograft quality, and donor-recipient size discrepancy

• Immunosuppression in particular CNIs

• Kidney allograft dysfunction

• Allograft vascular compromise

• Obstructive sleep apnea

• Kidney artery stenosis

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