Grant: CIHR-ICRH Travel Awards - General pool

There is increased acceptance of living kidney donors with preexisting hypertension, despite uncertainty about their outcomes. This is a systematic review looking into previous studies that involved donors with hypertension and what the outcome for these donors was in terms of heart disease, death and kidney disorders. We used standard online databases to identify relevant past papers and found that 16 studies qualified for analysis. Results showed that being hypertensive did not expose donors to a higher risk of heart disease or kidney failure but there was an association with lower kidney function and higher mortality, albeit, the absolute risk was low.