scholarly journals The Role of Echocardiography in the Management of Heart Transplant Recipients

Diagnostics ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (12) ◽  
pp. 2338
Author(s):  
Daniele Masarone ◽  
Michelle Kittleson ◽  
Rita Gravino ◽  
Fabio Valente ◽  
Andrea Petraio ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Heart Transplant ◽  
Graft Function ◽  
Transplant Recipients ◽  
Antibody Mediated Rejection ◽  
Non Invasive ◽  
Comprehensive Information ◽  
Versatile Tool ◽  
Heart Transplant Recipients ◽  
And Function

Transthoracic echocardiography is the primary non-invasive modality for the investigation of heart transplant recipients. It is a versatile tool that provides comprehensive information on cardiac structure and function. Echocardiography is also helpful in diagnosing primary graft dysfunction and evaluating the effectiveness of therapeutic approaches for this condition. In acute rejection, echocardiography is useful with suspected cellular or antibody-mediated rejection, with findings confirmed and quantified by endomyocardial biopsy. For identifying chronic rejection, ultrasound has a more significant role and, in some specific patients (e.g., patients with renal failure), it may offer a role comparable to coronary angiography to identify cardiac allograft vasculopathy. This review highlights the usefulness of echocardiography in evaluating normal graft function and its role in the management of heart transplant recipients.

Cardiac Transplants

2016 ◽  
Author(s):  
Patrizio Lancellotti ◽  
Bernard Cosyns
Keyword(s):  
Heart Transplant ◽  
Left Ventricular ◽  
Transplant Recipients ◽  
Non Invasive ◽  
Comprehensive Information ◽  
Cardiac Transplants ◽  
Pulmonary Arterial ◽  
Heart Transplant Recipients ◽  
Systolic And Diastolic Function ◽  
And Function

Transthoracic echocardiography is a primary non-invasive modality for investigation of heart transplant recipients. It provides comprehensive information about cardiac structure and function and may be of interest during cardiac biopsy. Precluded by a brief summary of orthotopic and heterotopic cardiac transplantation, this chapter highlights the usefulness of Doppler echocardiography in the assessment of left ventricular and right ventricular systolic and diastolic function, of left ventricular mass, valvular heart disease, pulmonary arterial hypertension and pericardial effusion in heart transplant recipients. Normal echocardiographic findings in a transplanted heart are summarized alongside echocardiographic indicators of rejection.

Antibody-mediated rejection is associated with impaired graft function in pediatric heart transplant recipients

2015 ◽  
Vol 34 (8) ◽  
pp. 1120-1121 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kenneth R. Knecht ◽  
Ashley Glover ◽  
Amy M. Dossey ◽  
Mallik Rettiganti ◽  
Jeffrey Gossett ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Heart Transplant ◽  
Graft Function ◽  
Transplant Recipients ◽  
Antibody Mediated Rejection ◽  
Heart Transplant Recipients ◽  
Pediatric Heart Transplant

scholarly journals Coincidence of cellular and antibody mediated rejection in heart transplant recipients – preliminary report

2014 ◽  
Vol 1 ◽  
pp. 52-55
Author(s):  
Michał Zakliczyński ◽  
Jerzy Nożyński ◽  
Dominika Konecka-Mrówka ◽  
Agnieszka Babińska ◽  
Bożena Flak ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Heart Transplant ◽  
Preliminary Report ◽  
Transplant Recipients ◽  
Antibody Mediated Rejection ◽  
Heart Transplant Recipients
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