Frequency of screening for cardiac allograft vasculopathy: warranty period of initial low risk positron emission tomography.

Bryan AbadieChonyang AlbertPavan BhatSerge HarbMiriam JacobRandall C StarlingW H Wilson TangWael A Jaber

Published in: European heart journal. Cardiovascular Imaging (2024)

The rate of progression to moderate-severe CAV at 1 year after the lowest-risk PET/CT is low, but approximately 1/6 patients with PET CAV 1 progress to CAV 2/3. Annual screening with PET/CT for select patients with PET CAV 0 may not be warranted. The optimal screening interval awaits confirmation of our findings in multi-centre registries.

Keyphrases

pet ct
positron emission tomography
computed tomography
pet imaging
left ventricular
heart failure
early onset
atrial fibrillation
drug induced