Follow-Up of Heart Transplant Recipients with Serial Echocardiographic Coronary Flow Reserve and Dobutamine Stress Echocardiography to Detect Cardiac Allograft Vasculopathy

SADE AKDOĞAN, LEYLA; Eroglu, Serpil; YÜCE, DENİZ; Bircan, Asli; Pirat, Bahar; Sezgin, Atilla; Aydinalp, Alp; Muderrisoglu, Haldun

doi:10.1016/j.echo.2014.01.020

Follow-Up of Heart Transplant Recipients with Serial Echocardiographic Coronary Flow Reserve and Dobutamine Stress Echocardiography to Detect Cardiac Allograft Vasculopathy

SADE AKDOĞAN L. E., Eroglu S., YÜCE D., Bircan A., Pirat B., Sezgin A., ...Daha Fazla

JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN SOCIETY OF ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, cilt.27, sa.5, ss.531-539, 2014 (SCI-Expanded, Scopus)

Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
Cilt numarası: 27 Sayı: 5
Basım Tarihi: 2014
Doi Numarası: 10.1016/j.echo.2014.01.020
Dergi Adı: JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN SOCIETY OF ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY
Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
Sayfa Sayıları: ss.531-539
Hacettepe Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

Background: Implementation of reliable noninvasive testing for screening cardiac allograft vasculopathy (CAV) is of critical importance. The most widely used modality, dobutamine stress echocardiography (DSE), has moderate sensitivity and specificity. The aim of this study was to assess the potential role of serial coronary flow reserve (CFR) assessment together with DSE for predicting CAV.