To IVUS or Not for CAV? A Single Center Experience

Although coronary angiography is considered the gold standard and most commonly used test for the surveillance of cardiac transplant recipients, intravascular ultrasound (IVUS) has emerged as a superior screening modality for cardiac allograft vasculopathy (CAV). Owing to cost and complexity, however, only few centers use IVUS routinely.

Source: The Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation - March 31, 2018 Category: Transplant Surgery Authors: S.R. Krim, M. Hasan, M.F. Becnel, S. Mohareb, J. Grant, J. Biglane, S. Desai, S. Mandras, H. Patel, C. Eiswirth, H.O. Ventura Source Type: research