Why the study?
Does strain rate imaging predict sub-clinical acute rejection in heart transplant recipients?
Population
35 heart transplant recipients undergoing 396 endomyocardial biopsies, right-heart catheterisation and…
Comparison
Strain rate imaging on echocardiograms vs Endomyocardial biopsy graded by conventional…
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Strain rate imaging, particularly systolic strain, demonstrates high predictive accuracy for detecting acute rejection in heart transplant recipients, offering a potential non-invasive monitoring tool.
Does strain rate imaging predict sub-clinical acute rejection in heart transplant recipients?
Strain rate imaging, particularly systolic strain, demonstrates high predictive accuracy for detecting acute rejection in heart transplant recipients, offering a potential non-invasive monitoring tool.
Kato et al. (2009) studied this question.
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