Background Positron emission tomography (PET) has the potential to be a specific, sensitive
and quantitative diagnostic test for transplant rejection. To test this hypothesis, we evaluated …

Cardiac allograft vasculopathy (CAV) is an obliterative and diffuse form of vasculopathy
affecting almost 50% of patients after 10 years from heart transplant and represents the most …

Despite the widespread use of echocardiography in the cardiac allograft recipient, the
clinical usefulness of this practice is not well defined. In this article, the authors review the …

Aim To evaluate the additional benefit of visual and quantitative perfusion measurements
compared with conventional real-time myocardial contrast echocardiography (MCE) in the …

Background Relative myocardial perfusion imaging (MPI) is the standard imaging approach
for the diagnosis and prognostic work-up of coronary artery disease (CAD). However, this …

Myocardial perfusion imaging (MPI) is a powerful tool for detection of impaired myocardial
blood supply due to atherosclerotic lesions in the epicardial arteries. MPI is commonly …

Coronary microvascular dysfunction is emerging as a strong predictor of outcome in heart
transplantation (HT). We assessed the validity of microvascular dysfunction, defined by …

Heart transplantation is an accepted treatment for select patients with end-stage heart
failure. Improvements to immunosuppressive therapies and patient management have …

Background—Our aim was to compare the electron-beam CT (EBCT) features of coronary
arteries in heart transplant recipients with those of biplane coronary angiography and …

Conclusion In heart transplant recipients with isolated focal CAD involving the proximal or
mid portion of a vessel, revascularization options exist. However, because of the increased …