Screening for silent ischemia with coronary artery calcium and nuclear stress testing in nondiabetic patients prior to kidney transplant

Whether coronary artery calcium (CAC) screening in pretransplant patients may help predict silent myocardial ischemia is unknown. Accordingly, we performed CAC imaging on 46 nondiabetic patients awaiting kidneytransplant. All patients underwent multidetector computed tomography imaging for CAC quant...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Journal of nephrology 2006-07, Vol.19 (4), p.473-480
Hauptverfasser:	Ferramosca, Emiliana, Di Felice, Antonio, Ratti, Carlo, Ligabue, Guido, Ibrahim, Dalia, Modena, Maria Grazia, Romagnoli, Renato, Bagni, Bruno, Albertazzi, Alberto, Raggi, Paolo
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Adult Aged Calcinosis - diagnosis Coronary Disease - diagnosis Exercise Test Female Heart - diagnostic imaging Humans Kidney Transplantation Male Middle Aged Myocardial Ischemia - diagnosis Radionuclide Imaging
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