title: Ischemic heart disease in renal transplant candidates: towards non-invasive approaches for preoperative risk stratification.
abstract: This editorial refers to the paper of R. Sharma et al. entitled "Dobutamine stress echocardiography and cardiac troponin T for the detection of significant coronary artery disease and predicting outcome in renal transplant candidates". The editorial discusses different strategies for cardiac risk assessment in patients with end-stage renal disease undergoing renal transplantation.
authors.forename: H H H
authors.initials: HH
authors.lastname: Feringa
authors.forename: J J
authors.initials: JJ
authors.lastname: Bax
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Schouten
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Poldermans
mesh_terms: D015415:Biomarkers / Q000097:blood; D017023:Coronary Angiography; D025401:Echocardiography, Stress; D006801:Humans; D007676:Kidney Failure, Chronic / Q000601:surgery; D016030:Kidney Transplantation; D017202:Myocardial Ischemia / Q000097:blood / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D011300:Preoperative Care; D018570:Risk Assessment; D012307:Risk Factors; D013318:Stroke Volume; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D020107:Troponin T / Q000097:blood*
chemical_list: D015415:Biomarkers; D020107:Troponin T