Reduced myocardial blood flow reserve in kidney transplant candidates may hamper risk stratification.

CONCLUSIONS: ESKD patients are less likely to respond appropriately to vasodilator stress compared to patients with normal renal function and had a lower incidence of ischemia despite a high pre-test probability of disease. Physicians performing vasodilator stress without MBF measurement should be aware of the high probability of a false negative response.
PMID: 32277424 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

Source: Journal of Nephrology - April 9, 2020 Category: Urology & Nephrology Authors: Malak M, Christie E, Wen K, Wasse H, Hajihosseini M, Kaul P, Raggi P Tags: J Nephrol Source Type: research