Clinical utility of surveillance and clinically prompted right heart catheterization in patients listed for heart transplantation.
Carolyn Y HoMariell JessupKimberly A FordeSankalp SehgalStuart T KatzYlenia Ann A QuiaoitNicole HornsbyAnjali T OwensRhondalyn C McLeanPublished in: Catheterization and cardiovascular interventions : official journal of the Society for Cardiac Angiography & Interventions (2019)
In patients awaiting OHT, RHCs prompted by clinical instability or routine surveillance resulted in frequent management changes, including earlier heart transplant and MCS implant. Our study supports the Class I recommendation to perform surveillance RHC in patients listed for OHT and suggests that centers should consider maintaining a low threshold for repeat RHC during the formal waiting time.