Why the study?
Does ultrasonic strain and strain rate imaging detect acute rejection in heart transplant recipients compared to endomyocardial biopsy?
Population
31 consecutive heart transplant patients undergoing routine follow-up endomyocardial biopsy
Comparison
Ultrasonic strain (S) and strain rate (SR) imaging vs Endomyocardial biopsy grading
Design
Cohort
Authors
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May support noninvasive rejection monitoring in transplants; leaves open prospective validation before reducing biopsies.
Does ultrasonic strain and strain rate imaging detect acute rejection in heart transplant recipients compared to endomyocardial biopsy?
Ultrasonic strain and strain rate imaging may serve as a noninvasive tool to detect acute rejection in heart transplant recipients, potentially reducing the need for routine biopsies.
Marciniak et al. (2006) studied this question.
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