A call to action: Variability in guidelines for cardiacevaluation before renal transplantation

Clinical Journal of the American Society of Nephrology

Volumn 6, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1185-1191

  Friedman, Scott E ^a   Palac, Robert T ^a   Zlotnick, David M ^a   Chobanian, Michael C ^a   Costa, Salvatore P ^a  

^a DARTMOUTH HITCHCOCK MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HEART MUSCLE REVASCULARIZATION; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; RISK ASSESSMENT;

ADULT; AGED; DATABASES, FACTUAL; EXERCISE TEST; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HUMANS; KIDNEY FAILURE, CHRONIC; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL ISCHEMIA; MYOCARDIAL REVASCULARIZATION; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; PREOPERATIVE CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 79957847642     PISSN: 15559041     EISSN: 1555905X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2215/CJN.09391010     Document Type: Article

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