Does hybrid imaging have a role in cardiac risk evaluation of the pre-renal transplant patient?

Journal of Nuclear Cardiology

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 963-965

  Hakeem, Abdul ^a   Bhatti, Sabha ^a   Chang, Su Min ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES   (United States)

^b HOUSTON METHODIST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CAUSE OF DEATH; COMPUTER ASSISTED EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; EDITORIAL; END STAGE RENAL DISEASE; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; HYBRID IMAGING; IMAGING; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RADIOCARDIOGRAPHY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; STRESS ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; CALCIUM; CORONARY VESSELS; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; HUMANS; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MYOCARDIAL PERFUSION IMAGING;

EID: 84890955624     PISSN: 10713581     EISSN: 15326551     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12350-013-9783-2     Document Type: Editorial

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