Utility of Early Intravascular Ultrasound after Pediatric Heart Transplantation

Intravascular ultrasound (IVUS) has been used in adult heart transplant (HTX) recipients early after transplant to assess risk for long-term outcomes, along with differences in therapeutic targets for the treatment of cardiac allograft vasculopathy (CAV). Little is known about the utility of IVUS early after pediatric HTX. We evaluated the use of IVUS early (

Source: The Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation - March 31, 2020 Category: Transplant Surgery Authors: M.A. Kuhn, P. Chau, B.R. Gordon, T.P. Martens, A.J. Razzouk, R.E. Chinnock, M.J. Bock Tags: (1170) Source Type: research