Live Kidney Donor Study - Cross-Sectional and Historical Cohort Study (RELIVE-04)

The goal of this study is to determine the long-term risks of donor nephrectomy, compared to appropriate control subjects. This study built on information generated from RELIVE-01, a separate but related retrospective study. Through direct contact with previous living kidney donors this study examined the contribution of living kidney donation to the future development of hypertension, proteinuria, renal insufficiency or renal failure and anemia, the potential through these factors or others for increased cardiovascular risk for clinical events including myocardial infarction (MI), congestive heart failure (CHF), need for coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) or percutaneous coronary angioplasty (PTCA) revascularization, and the impact of living kidney donation on quality of life (QOL) and financial status, compared to applicable control subjects and populations.