Coronary flow reserve dysfunction in hemodialysis and kidney transplant patients.
Clinical transplantation, vol.22, no.6, pp.785-93, 2008 (SCI-Expanded)
- Publication Type: Article / Article
- Volume: 22 Issue: 6
- Publication Date: 2008
- Doi Number: 10.1111/j.1399-0012.2008.00879.x
- Journal Name: Clinical transplantation
- Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
- Page Numbers: pp.785-93
- Istanbul University Affiliated: Yes
Abstract
The assessment of coronary flow reserve (CFR) by trans-thoracic echocardiography has recently been introduced into clinical studies. Impairment of coronary microvascular functions and decreased CFR detected by trans-thoracic Doppler harmonic echocardiography (TTDE) has recently been reported in hemodialysis (HD) patients, but there is no comparative study between HD patients and renal transplant recipients.