The role of myocardial scintigraphy in the assessment of cardiovascular risk in patients with end-stage chronic kidney disease on the waiting list for renal transplantation | Zendy

José Jayme G. De Lima | Zendy; Luís Henrique Wolff Gowdak | Zendy; Flávio Jota de Paula | Zendy; José Antônio Franchini Ramires | Zendy; Luiz Aparecido Bortolotto | Zendy

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The role of myocardial scintigraphy in the assessment of cardiovascular risk in patients with end-stage chronic kidney disease on the waiting list for renal transplantation

Author(s) -

José Jayme G. De Lima,

Luís Henrique Wolff Gowdak,

Flávio Jota de Paula,

José Antônio Franchini Ramires,

Luiz Aparecido Bortolotto

Publication year - 2012

Publication title -

nephrology dialysis transplantation

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 1.654

H-Index - 168

eISSN - 1460-2385

pISSN - 0931-0509

DOI - 10.1093/ndt/gfr770

Subject(s) - medicine , kidney disease , risk factor , hazard ratio , transplantation , stress testing (software) , scintigraphy , cardiology , diabetes mellitus , myocardial perfusion imaging , confidence interval , perfusion , endocrinology , computer science , programming language

The usefulness of stress myocardial perfusion scintigraphy for cardiovascular (CV) risk stratification in chronic kidney disease remains controversial. We tested the hypothesis that different clinical risk profiles influence the test.

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