OUAHMI , Hajar

Introduction: The number of kidney transplant candidates with prosthetic heart valves is increasing. We provide the first report of post-transplant outcomes in patients with a prosthetic heart valve at time of transplantation.Methods: We conducted a matched cohort study among kidney transplant recipients from the French multicentric and...

The phospholipase A2 receptor (PLA2R1) is the major autoantigen in idiopathic membranous nephropathy (MN). However, the pathogenic role of anti-PLA2R1 autoantibodies is unclear. Our aim was to evaluate the in vitro cytotoxicity of anti-PLA2R1 antibodies mediated by complement. Forty-eight patients with PLA2R1-related MN from the prospective...

The number of kidney transplant candidates with prosthetic heart valves (PHVs) is increasing. Yet, outcomes of kidney transplantation in these patients are still unclear. This is the first report of post-transplant outcomes in patients with PHVs at time of kidney transplantation. We conducted a matched cohort study among recipients from the...