Diagnosis and treatment of coronary artery disease in hemodialysis patients evaluated for transplant
| Contribuinte(s) |
UNIVERSIDADE DE SÃO PAULO |
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14/10/2013
14/10/2013
2012
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| Resumo |
We present a review of current strategies for the diagnosis and treatment of coronary artery disease (CAD) in patients with advanced chronic kidney disease who are on the waiting list for transplants, based on data from the literature and originated from a single-center cohort of 1,250 patients with maximum follow-up of 12 years. We discuss the best way to select patients to be tested for CAD, how to choose the more adequate screening test for CAD and cardiovascular disease, how to select patients for invasive treatment studies and how to treat patients with significant CAD. We also suggest new research avenues to be explored to resolve some problems in this area. This work was supported by grants from the Zerbini Foundation and Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo (FAPESP), São Paulo, Brazil. |
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2047-1440 http://www.producao.usp.br/handle/BDPI/34995 10.1186/2047-1440-1-3 |
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eng |
| Relação |
Transplantation Research |
| Direitos |
openAccess De Lima et al; licensee BioMed Central Ltd. - This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
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article |
