“…Transplantation surgery was performed at the Universitätsklinikum Regensburg applying the mini-incision technique. 11 Primary end point of the study was the change in LVM between baseline and 12 months after LKD, determined by MRI. Secondary end points were changes in systolic and diastolic cardiac function, cardiac wall thickness, kidney and adrenal gland volume, estimated glomerular filtration rate (GFR), aldosterone:renin ratio, proteinuria, N-terminal probrain natriuretic peptide, and procollagen type III between baseline, 4, and 12 months after LKD.…”