Dobutamine Stress Cardiac MRI for Assessment of Coronary Artery Disease Prior to Kidney Transplantation

American Journal of Kidney Diseases Dobutamine Stress Cardiac MRI for Assessment of Coronary Artery Disease Prior to Kidney Transplantation

Cardiovascular disease is the leading cause of death in end-stage kidney disease following successful kidney transplantation.1 The accuracy of noninvasive cardiac stress testing versus coronary angiography in detecting significant coronary artery disease (CAD) prior to kidney transplantation is inadequate.2-4 Dobutamine stress cardiac magnetic resonance (DSCMR) imaging offers highly accurate, prognostically relevant results in detecting inducible myocardial ischemia.5,6 We performed a diagnostic test study to evaluate the utility of DSCMR for identifying significant CAD prior to potential kidney transplantation, using angiography as the reference test.


http://www.ajkd.org/article/S0272-6386(15)00423-0/abstract?rss=yes

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Alberto Reino Buelvas 

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