Usefulness of preoperative noninvasive radionuclide testing for detecting coronary artery disease in candidates for liver transplantation

American Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 79, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 986-988

  Kryzhanovski, Vladimir A ^a   Beller, George A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; HEART FUNCTION TEST; HEART MUSCLE PERFUSION; HEART SCINTISCANNING; HUMAN; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT SELECTION; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY;

CORONARY DISEASE; DIPYRIDAMOLE; DOBUTAMINE; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; HEART; HUMANS; LIVER DISEASES, ALCOHOLIC; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SELECTION; PREOPERATIVE CARE; RADIONUCLIDE VENTRICULOGRAPHY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; TECHNETIUM TC 99M SESTAMIBI; THALLIUM RADIOISOTOPES; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED, SINGLE-PHOTON;

EID: 0031004952     PISSN: 00029149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9149(97)00030-1     Document Type: Article

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