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22 December 2021 : Original article  

Comparison of Coronary Artery Calcium Scoring with Dobutamine Stress Echo for Detection of Coronary Artery Disease Before Liver Transplantation

Cerise Kleb1ABDEF, Vardhmaan Jain1CE, Chirag Sheth2ABD, Kathy Wolski3CE, Samir Kapadia3EG, Richard Grimm3AB, Milind Desai3A, Amar Krishnaswamy3A, Nicholas Kassis1E, Calvin Sheng3E, Huili Zheng ORCID logo4C, Jacek Cywinski5A, K.V. Narayanan Menon6A, Bijan Eghtesad6A, Teresa Diago Uso6A, Cristiano Quintini6A, Paul Schoenhagen ORCID logo7AD, Serge C. Harb3A, Vikram Sharma8ACDEF, Maan Fares3ADEG*

DOI: 10.12659/AOT.934163

Ann Transplant 2021; 26:e934163

Figure 2 Distribution of various indications for angiography. Of the 265 patients who had coronary angiography (CAG), manual chart review was performed to determine why the patients were referred for CAG. The most common reason for referral for CAG was nondiagnostic dobutamine stress echocardiography (DSE) (39%), followed by an abnormal DSE (15%), and prior history of coronary artery disease (15%). Figure was created using Microsoft Word version 2010.

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Annals of Transplantation eISSN: 2329-0358
Annals of Transplantation eISSN: 2329-0358