A call to action: variability in guidelines for cardiac evaluation before renal transplantation.

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Published in Clin J Am Soc Nephrol on April 21, 2011

Authors

Scott E Friedman1, Robert T Palac, David M Zlotnick, Michael C Chobanian, Salvatore P Costa

Author Affiliations

1: Section of Cardiology, Dartmouth Medical School/ Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, Lebanon, New Hampshire 03756-0001, USA.

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