Cardiac testing for coronary artery disease in potential kidney transplant recipients: A systematic review of test accuracy studies

American Journal of Kidney Diseases

Volumn 57, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 476-487

  Wang, Louis W ^a   Fahim, Magid A ^b   Hayen, Andrew ^a   Mitchell, Ruth L ^c   Lord, Stephen W ^d   Baines, Laura A ^d   Craig, Jonathan C ^a,c   Webster, Angela C ^a,c,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^c CHILDREN S HOSPITAL AT WESTMEAD   (Australia)

^d FREEMAN HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^e WESTMEAD HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

cardiac investigations; Coronary artery disease; kidney transplantation; screening

Indexed keywords

ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR FUNCTION; CAUSE OF DEATH; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; EVENT FREE SURVIVAL; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HEART MUSCLE PERFUSION; HUMAN; KIDNEY GRAFT; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MINIMALLY INVASIVE PROCEDURE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREDICTIVE VALIDITY; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STRESS ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; HEART FUNCTION TESTS; HUMANS; KIDNEY FAILURE, CHRONIC; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 79951769084     PISSN: 02726386     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/j.ajkd.2010.11.018     Document Type: Article

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