986-79 Identification of Coronary Artery Disease and Assessment of Prognosis in Patients with Chronic Renal Failure: Role of Dobutamine Stress Echocardiography

The evaluation of patients with chronic renal failure (CRF) for the presence of coronary artery disease (CAD) is a diagnostic challenge. Most non-invasive testing strategies have been hampered by suboptimal sensitivity and specificity, thus necessitating an invasive evaluation with coronary angiography (angio). The purpose of this study was to evaluate the diagnostic accuracy and prognostic implications of dobutamine stress echocardiography …