Cardiac allograft vasculopathy screening
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Cardiac allograft vasculopathy Microchapters |
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Differentiating Cardiac allograft vasculopathy from other Diseases |
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Diagnosis |
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Cardiac allograft vasculopathy screening On the Web |
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American Roentgen Ray Society Images of Cardiac allograft vasculopathy screening |
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Directions to Hospitals Treating Cardiac allograft vasculopathy |
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Risk calculators and risk factors for Cardiac allograft vasculopathy screening |
Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Aarti Narayan, M.B.B.S [2] Raviteja Guddeti, M.B.B.S. [3]
Overview
In most cardiac transplant centers coronary angiography currently remains the screening tool of choice for cardiac allograft vasculopathy (CAV).
Screening
The 2010 International Society of Heart and Lung Transplant Guidelines for the care of heart transplant recipients recommends annual invasice coronary angiography as the screening tool of choice for CAV.[1]
References
- ↑ Costanzo MR, Dipchand A, Starling R, Anderson A, Chan M, Desai S; et al. (2010). "The International Society of Heart and Lung Transplantation Guidelines for the care of heart transplant recipients". J Heart Lung Transplant. 29 (8): 914–56. doi:10.1016/j.healun.2010.05.034. PMID 20643330.