Open AccessClinical Utility of SPECT in the Heart Transplant Population: Analysis From a Single Large-volume Center
Author(s) -
José Luís Fernández Aguilar,
Robert J.H. Miller,
Yuka Otaki,
Balaji Tamarappoo,
Sean W. Hayes,
John D. Friedman,
Piotr J. Slomka,
Louise Thomson,
M. Kittleson,
Jignesh Patel,
J.A. Kobashigawa,
Daniel S. Berman
Publication year - 2022
Publication title -
transplantation
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.45
H-Index - 204
eISSN - 1534-6080
pISSN - 0041-1337
DOI - 10.1097/tp.0000000000003791
Subject(s) - center (category theory) , volume (thermodynamics) , medicine , population , single center , nuclear medicine , heart transplantation , transplantation , physics , chemistry , environmental health , quantum mechanics , crystallography
Survival after heart transplant has greatly improved, with median survival now over 12 years. Cardiac allograft vasculopathy (CAV) has become a major source of long-term morbidity and mortality. Single-photon emission computed tomography (SPECT) myocardial perfusion imaging (MPI) is used for CAV surveillance, but there is limited data on its prognostic utility.