[Causes of hypertension following kidney transplantation with special reference to arterial stenoses].

Hypertension is regarded as a significant complication in renal transplant recipients. Its frequency was 48,1% after cadaver donor and 40,6% after living donor transplantation. The etiology is multifactorial. A correlation could be demonstrated between blood pressure and graft function or presence or absence of the diseased kidneys while no influence was found with regard to steroid dosage in patients with long term graft function. After 575 renal transplantations with 147 angiographies arterial stenoses were observed in nine patients (1,6%) and corrected surgically.