Hybrid myocardial imaging for risk stratification prior to kidney transplantation: Added value of coronary calcium and epicardial adipose tissue

Journal of Nuclear Cardiology

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1013-1020

  Karohl, Cristina ^a   D'Marco, Luis ^b   Bellasi, Antonio ^c   Raggi, Paolo ^d,e  

^a HOSPITAL DE CLÍNICAS DE PORTO ALEGRE   (Brazil)

^b Universidad de Oriente Nucleo Bolivar   (Venezuela)

^c SANT ANNA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^e EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

coronary artery disease; Myocardial perfusion imaging; PET CT imaging; SPECT

Indexed keywords

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE; COMPUTER ASSISTED EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY CALCIUM SCORE; CT SPECT SCANNER; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; EPICARDIAL ADIPOSE TISSUE; EPICARDIUM; FEMALE; GENDER; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE; HUMAN; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYOCARDIAL PERFUSION IMAGING; PATIENT SELECTION; PET SCANNER; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK STRATIFICATION; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; SMOKING; STRESS;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADULT; AGED; CALCIUM; CORONARY VESSELS; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; HUMANS; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL PERFUSION IMAGING; PERICARDIUM; RENAL INSUFFICIENCY, CHRONIC; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 84890991920     PISSN: 10713581     EISSN: 15326551     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12350-013-9761-8     Document Type: Article

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