Heart Scan to Predict Risk Before Kidney Transplant

This trial is testing whether a heart scan called computed tomography coronary angiography (CTCA) can help doctors identify which kidney transplant patients are at highest risk for future heart disease. The scan works by taking detailed pictures of the arteries in your heart. Researchers want to know if this scan is better than current methods at finding patients who need extra care before and after their transplant.

Heart disease is the biggest health risk for people with kidney failure and remains the leading cause of death even after transplantation. Current methods to check heart risk before transplant don't do a good job of identifying the highest-risk patients, so doctors need a better tool to help predict who might have problems and plan their care accordingly.