Cardiac Disease Evaluation and Management Among Kidney and Liver Transplantation Candidates.
- Resource Type
- Article
- Authors
- Lentine, Krista L.; Costa, Salvatore P.; Weir, Matthew R.; Robb, John F.; Fleisher, Lee A.; Kasiske, Bertram L.; Carithers, Robert L.; Ragosta, Michael; Bolton, Kline; Auerbach, Andrew D.; Eagle, Kim A.
- Source
- Circulation. 7/31/2012, Vol. 126 Issue 5, p617-663. 47p.
- Subject
- *HEART diseases
*LIVER transplantation
*KIDNEY transplantation
*LIVER diseases
*KIDNEY diseases
*MORTALITY
*PATIENTS
- Language
- ISSN
- 0009-7322
The article focuses on a scientific statement from the American Heart Association (AHA) and the American College of Cardiology (ACC) on the evaluation and management of cardiac disease among candidates of kidney and liver transplantation. It informs that AHA and ACC have issued guidelines on preoperative cardiovascular evaluation and noncardiac surgery care. It also informs that cardiovascular disease is the leading cause of mortality among patients with end-stage failure of noncardiac organs.