Quantitative Coronary Angiography Can Predict Cardiac Allograft Vasculopathy in Pediatric Heart Transplant Recipients

Cardiac allograft vasculopathy (CAV) is a leading cause of death and re-transplantation (tx). Intravascular ultrasound (IVUS) and optical coherence tomography (OCT) are increasingly used for earlier detection, but lengthen procedure time and cost, and are unsuitable in small children. Coronary angiography is routine in all age groups but may be subjectively interpreted. We hypothesized that serial analysis of quantitative coronary angiography (QCA) is possible in infants and children and may also predict disease progression.
Source: The Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation - Category: Transplant Surgery Authors: Tags: (1153) Source Type: research