Preoperative dobutamine stress echocardiography versus cardiac arteriography for risk assessment prior to renal transplantation

Because coronary artery disease is the leading cause of death in patients with end‐stage renal disease, we prospectively studied the prognostic value of dobutamine stress echocardiography (DSE) compared to coronary angiography (CA) as an evaluative tool. Thirty‐three patients at high risk for corona...

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Published in:Transplant international 2000-06, Vol.13 (S1), p.S27-S30
Main Authors: West, J.C., Napoliello, D.A., Costello, J.M., Nassef, L.A., Butcher, R.J., Hartle, J.E., McConnell, T.R., Finley, J.W., Kelley, S.E., Chao, S., Latsha, R.
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Language:English
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Coronary artery disease
DSE
Kidney transplantation
Mortality
Risk assessment
Stress
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Summary:Because coronary artery disease is the leading cause of death in patients with end‐stage renal disease, we prospectively studied the prognostic value of dobutamine stress echocardiography (DSE) compared to coronary angiography (CA) as an evaluative tool. Thirty‐three patients at high risk for coronary artery disease were selected from a cohort of 133 renal transplant candidates and underwent both DSE and CA. In this study, the value of DSE was found to exist in its strong negative predictive value (92%). A negative DSE coupled with a negative clinical cardiac evaluation was found to practicably exclude the necessity for CA. DSE can thus serve as a non‐invasive, low cost screening test.
ISSN:0934-0874
1432-2277
DOI:10.1111/j.1432-2277.2000.tb02035.x