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

Journal of Nephrology

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 473-480

  Ferramosca, Emiliana ^a,b   Di Felice, Antonio ^a   Ratti, Carlo ^a,b   Ligabue, Guido ^a   Ibrahim, Dalia ^b   Modena, Maria Grazia ^a   Romagnoli, Renato ^a   Bagni, Bruno ^a   Albertazzi, Alberto ^a   Raggi, Paolo ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MODENA AND REGGIO EMILIA   (Italy)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Computerized tomography; Coronary calcium; Nuclear stress testing; Silent myocardial ischemia

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; VASODILATOR AGENT;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BLOOD VESSEL CALCIFICATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIABETIC PATIENT; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE; HEART MUSCLE PERFUSION; HEMODIALYSIS PATIENT; HUMAN; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PERITONEAL DIALYSIS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; SCORING SYSTEM; SCREENING TEST; SILENT MYOCARDIAL ISCHEMIA; TREATMENT OUTCOME; AGED; CALCINOSIS; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; HEART; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; MIDDLE AGED; SCINTISCANNING;

ADULT; AGED; CALCINOSIS; CORONARY DISEASE; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; HEART; HUMANS; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL ISCHEMIA;

EID: 34250612574     PISSN: 11218428     EISSN: 17246059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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