Optimizing hypertension management in renal transplantation: a call to action

Jean-Michel Halimi1, Alexandre Persu, Pantalis A Sarafidis

  • 1aService de Néphrologie-Immunologie Clinique, CHU Tours bEA4245 François-Rabelais University, Tours cFCRIN INI-CRCT Cardiovascular and Renal Clinical Trialists, Nancy, France dPole of Cardiovascular Research, Institut de Recherche Expérimentale et Clinique eDivision of Cardiology, Cliniques Universitaires Saint-Luc, Université Catholique de Louvain, Brussels, Belgium fDepartment of Nephrology, Hippokration Hospital, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece gService of Nephrology and Hypertension, University Hospital (CHUV), Lausanne, Switzerland hDepartment of Nephrology, Antwerp University Hospital iAntwerp University, Antwerp, Belgium jDepartment of Nephrology, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria kCNR-IFC, Clinical Epidemiology and Pathophysiology of Hypertension and Renal Diseases Unit, Ospedali Riuniti, Reggio Calabria, Italy lManhes Hospital and FCRIN INI-CRCTC, Manhes mINSERM, Centre d'Investigations Cliniques Plurithématique 1433, UMR 1116, Université de Lorraine, CHU de Nancy, Nancy, France.

Journal of Hypertension
|November 3, 2017
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