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| Ravinder K WaliSummaryAffiliation: Inova Fairfax Hospital Country: USA Publications
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Efficacy and safety of carvedilol in treatment of heart failure with chronic kidney disease: a meta-analysis of randomized trialsRavinder K Wali
University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA
Circ Heart Fail 4:18-26. 2011..We assessed whether treatment of systolic HF with carvedilol is efficacious and safe in adults with CKD...
Polyomavirus BK versus JC replication and nephropathy in renal transplant recipients: a prospective evaluationCinthia B Drachenberg
Department of Pathology, Medicine and Pediatrics, University of Maryland, School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21201, USA
Transplantation 84:323-30. 2007..Few cases of PVAN have been attributed to JCV. Systematic studies on JCV replication in KT are lacking...
Minimizing the risk of chronic allograft nephropathyMatthew R Weir
Division of Nephrology, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21202, USA
Transplantation 87:S14-8. 2009..The avoidance of clinical inertia in pursuing subtle changes in graft function is critical. Modification in maintenance immunosuppression may benefit many patients with early evidence of graft deterioration...
Chronic allograft dysfunction: can we use mammalian target of rapamycin inhibitors to replace calcineurin inhibitors to preserve graft function?Ravinder K Wali
Department of Medicine, Division of Nephrology, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland 21201, USA
Curr Opin Organ Transplant 13:614-21. 2008..Protocol biopsies have demonstrated that histological lesions of CNI toxicity can develop as early as 3 months posttransplantation...
Effect of kidney transplantation on left ventricular systolic dysfunction and congestive heart failure in patients with end-stage renal diseaseRavinder K Wali
Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, University of Maryland School of Medicine, 22 South Greene Street, Baltimore, MD 21201, USA
J Am Coll Cardiol 45:1051-60. 2005..We examined the impact of kidney transplantation on left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) in end-stage renal disease (ESRD) patients with congestive heart failure (CHF)...
Spontaneous cutaneous ulcers in a patient with a moderate degree of chronic kidney disease: a different spectrum of calciphylaxisWassim A Hitti
School of Medicine, University of Maryland, 1 East University Parkway, Baltimore, MD 21218, USA
Scand J Urol Nephrol 42:181-3. 2008..We conclude that calciphylaxis should be considered in the differential diagnosis of skin ulcerations in patients with any degree of CKD...
Cholesterol embolization syndrome induced by thrombolytic therapyWassim A Hitti
Department of Medicine, University of Maryland Medical System, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
Am J Cardiovasc Drugs 8:27-34. 2008..Measures to reduce the likelihood of recurrence should be taken and include avoidance of anticoagulation therapy and vascular procedures. Unfortunately, therapy remains supportive and the outcome is invariably poor...
Chronic kidney disease: a risk factor for cardiovascular diseaseRavinder K Wali
Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, University of Maryland School of Medicine, 22 South Greene Street, Baltimore, MD 21201, USA
Cardiol Clin 23:343-62. 2005..3 million of these cases of ESRD will be caused by diabetes mellitus. Thus, CVD in this high-risk population presents a challenge for the nephrology and the cardiology community...
Acute renal failure and nephrotic range proteinuria due to amyloidosis in an HIV-infected patientKirk M Chan-Tack
Institute of Human Virology, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland 21201, USA
Am J Med Sci 332:364-7. 2006..Clinical diagnosis, based on CD4 count, viral load, and degree of proteinuria, may not predict the pathological diagnosis in HIV-positive patients...
BK virus-associated nephropathy in renal allograft recipients: rescue therapy by sirolimus-based immunosuppressionRavinder K Wali
Division of Nephrology, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
Transplantation 78:1069-73. 2004..BK virus nephritis (BKN) in recipients of renal allografts has reemerged during the past 5 years. Despite increased incidence, therapeutic options remain limited and progression of the disease often leads to allograft failure...
