Multislice Computer Tomographic Coronary Angiography for Evaluation of Patients undergoing Liver Transplantation
S Abbrederis, GJ Friedrich, GM Feuchtner, O Pachinger, E Gassner, I Graziadei, A Mallouhi, W Vogel · Zeitschrift für Gastroenterologie · 2007 · Heft 07
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Purpose: Multislice Computer Tomographic Coronary Calcium Scoring (CCS) combined with angiography (MSCTA) of native coronary arteries has proven to be a reliable non-invasive imaging modality to detect coronary artery disease (CAD). Patients (pts) with end-stage liver disease scheduled for transplantation often present with a higher bleeding risk during invasive coronary angiography (CA) and are not suitable for stress testing. We sought to investigate the potential of MSCTA to evaluate CAD in these pts, compared to CA. Methods: A total of 26 patients underwent liver transplantation at our institution. Preoperat…
