Screening coronary angiography in patients with long-standing diabetes mellitus undergoing kidney transplant evaluation.
Chethan M PuttarajappaAmit D TevarSundaram HariharanSaul J SilverPrem SomanShelly HendrickGirish MourChristine M WuPublished in: Clinical transplantation (2019)
Despite a negative stress test, the prevalence of critical coronary lesions was high among kidney transplant candidates with long-standing diabetes. Risk factors for needing coronary intervention were absence of statin use and a history of stroke or peripheral vascular disease.
Keyphrases
- coronary artery disease
- coronary artery
- cardiovascular disease
- glycemic control
- type diabetes
- randomized controlled trial
- atrial fibrillation
- risk factors
- aortic stenosis
- transcatheter aortic valve replacement
- insulin resistance
- chemotherapy induced
- low density lipoprotein
- blood brain barrier
- ejection fraction
- weight loss
- subarachnoid hemorrhage
- aortic valve