Value of Stress Myocardial Perfusion Scanning in Diagnosis of Severe Coronary Artery Disease in Liver Transplantation Candidates

Transplantation Proceedings

Volumn 41, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 3757-3760

  Aydinalp, A ^a   Bal, U ^a   Atar, I ^a   Ertan, C ^a   AktaS A ^a   Yildirir, A ^a   Ozin, B ^a   Mudderisoglu, H ^a   Haberal, M ^a  

^a BASKENT UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIPYRIDAMOLE; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; THALLIUM 201; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ALCOHOL LIVER DISEASE; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; FEMALE; HEART DISEASE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE CONTRACTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FAILURE; HEART MUSCLE PERFUSION; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVERSIBLE PERFUSION DEFECT; RISK FACTOR; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; STRESS MYOCARDIAL PERFUSION SCANNING; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL;

ANGIOTENSIN-CONVERTING ENZYME INHIBITORS; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DIPYRIDAMOLE; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; FUROSEMIDE; HUMANS; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; PREOPERATIVE CARE; RISK FACTORS; THALLIUM; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED, SINGLE-PHOTON;

EID: 71749110373     PISSN: 00411345     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.transproceed.2009.06.219     Document Type: Article

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