Usefulness of tachycardic-stress perfusion imaging to predict coronary artery disease in high-risk patients with chronic renal failure
- Resource Type
- Authors
- Steven A. Unger; John D. Horowitz; Graeme R. Russ; Matthew I. Worthley; Timothy H. Mathew
- Source
- The American Journal of Cardiology. 92:1318-1320
- Subject
- Male
medicine.medical_specialty
Heart disease
Sinus tachycardia
Coronary Disease
Coronary Angiography
Scintigraphy
Risk Assessment
Sensitivity and Specificity
Coronary artery disease
Organophosphorus Compounds
Predictive Value of Tests
Internal medicine
medicine
Humans
Prospective Studies
Radionuclide Imaging
Prospective cohort study
Kidney transplantation
medicine.diagnostic_test
business.industry
Organotechnetium Compounds
Middle Aged
medicine.disease
Kidney Transplantation
Predictive value of tests
Exercise Test
Cardiology
Kidney Failure, Chronic
Female
medicine.symptom
Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine
business
Kidney disease
- Language
- ISSN
- 0002-9149
Uncertainty remains as to the most appropriate preoperative screening investigation to evaluate patient cardiac risk in prospective renal transplant recipients. We prospectively compared tachycardic-stress (exercise/pacing) scintigraphy with coronary angiography for the detection of significant coronary artery disease in this group. With a negative predictive value of 92%, tachycardic-stress scintigraphy may reduce the need for unnecessary coronary angiography in these patients.