Cardiac allograft vasculopathy: current review and future research directions

JS Pober, S Chih, J Kobashigawa… - Cardiovascular …, 2021 - academic.oup.com
Cardiac allograft vasculopathy (CAV) is a pathologic immune-mediated remodelling of the
vasculature in transplanted hearts and, by impairing perfusion, is the major cause of late …

The International Society for Heart and Lung Transplantation (ISHLT) guidelines for the care of heart transplant recipients

A Velleca, MA Shullo, K Dhital, E Azeka… - The Journal of Heart …, 2023 - jhltonline.org
Cochrane, Maria Crespo Leiro, Anne Dipchand, Brian Feingold, Kathleen Grady, Edward
Horn, Maryl Johnson, Donna Mancini, Sean Pinney, Heather Ross, Kari Wujcik, Andreas …

Imaging in heart transplant patients

M Olymbios, J Kwiecinski, DS Berman… - JACC: Cardiovascular …, 2018 - jacc.org
Heart transplantation is an accepted treatment for select patients with end-stage heart
failure. Improvements to immunosuppressive therapies and patient management have …

Appropriate use criteria for PET myocardial perfusion imaging

TH Schindler, TM Bateman, DS Berman… - Journal of Nuclear …, 2020 - Soc Nuclear Med
In the last decade, myocardial perfusion imaging (MPI) with PET has emerged to play a
pivotal role in the clinical routine process for the detection of hemodynamically significant …

Canadian Cardiovascular Society/Canadian Cardiac Transplant Network position statement on heart transplantation: patient eligibility, selection, and post …

S Chih, M McDonald, A Dipchand, D Kim… - Canadian Journal of …, 2020 - Elsevier
Significant practice-changing developments have occurred in the care of heart
transplantation candidates and recipients over the past decade. This Canadian …

Coronary microvascular dysfunction: PET, CMR and CT assessment

E Tonet, G Pompei, E Faragasso, A Cossu… - Journal of Clinical …, 2021 - mdpi.com
Microvascular dysfunction is responsible for chest pain in various kinds of patients, including
those with obstructive coronary artery disease and persistent symptoms despite …

Cardiac allograft vasculopathy: the enduring enemy of cardiac transplantation

AP Nikolova, JA Kobashigawa - Transplantation, 2019 - journals.lww.com
Cardiac allograft vasculopathy remains a major limiting factor in the long-term survival of the
heart transplant recipient. Our understanding of its pathogenesis is continuously evolving as …

The role of cardiac PET in diagnosis and prognosis of ischemic heart disease: optimal modality across different patient populations

M Nayfeh, AI Ahmed, JM Saad, F Alahdab… - Current Atherosclerosis …, 2023 - Springer
Abstract Purpose of Review Despite single-photon emission computerized tomography
(SPECT) being the most used nuclear imaging technique for diagnosis of coronary artery …

Pathophysiologic basis and diagnostic approaches for ischemia with non-obstructive coronary arteries: a literature review

B Fu, X Wei, Y Lin, J Chen, D Yu - Frontiers in Cardiovascular …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Ischemia with non-obstructive coronary arteries (INOCA) has gained increasing attention
due to its high prevalence, atypical clinical presentations, difficult diagnostic procedures …

MINOCA and INOCA: role in heart failure

AG Almeida - Current Heart Failure Reports, 2023 - Springer
Abstract Purpose of Review Infarction (MINOCA) and ischaemia (INOCA) with non-
obstructive coronary disease are recent non-conventional presentations of coronary …