Relation of Coronary Flow Reserve to Other Findings on Positron Emission Tomography Myocardial Perfusion Imaging and Left Heart Catheterization in Patients With End-stage Renal Disease Being Evaluated for Kidney Transplant.

Authors

Yehuda Paz
Rachelle Morgenstern
Richard Weinberg
Mariana Chiles
Navdeep Bhatti
Ziad Ali
Sumit Mohan
Sabahat Bokhari

Publication/Presentation Date

12-1-2017

Abstract

Cardiovascular disease is the leading cause of death in patients with end-stage renal disease (ESRD) and often goes undetected. Abnormal coronary flow reserve (CFR), which predicts increased risk of cardiac death, may be present in patients with ESRD without other evidence of coronary artery disease (CAD). We prospectively studied 131 patients who had rest and dipyridamole pharmacologic stress N

Volume

120

Issue

11

First Page

1909

Last Page

1912

ISSN

1879-1913

Published In/Presented At

Paz, Yehuda et al. “Relation of Coronary Flow Reserve to Other Findings on Positron Emission Tomography Myocardial Perfusion Imaging and Left Heart Catheterization in Patients With End-stage Renal Disease Being Evaluated for Kidney Transplant.” The American journal of cardiology vol. 120,11 (2017): 1909-1912. doi:10.1016/j.amjcard.2017.08.006

Disciplines

Medicine and Health Sciences

PubMedID

28942939

Department(s)

Department of Medicine

Document Type

Article