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 multicenter registries.

Keyphrases

pet ct
positron emission tomography
computed tomography
pet imaging
early onset
heart failure
left ventricular
cross sectional