CACS, CCTA and mCAD-LT score in the pre-transplant assessment of coronary artery disease and the prediction of post-transplant cardiovascular events.
Giulia PaganoLydia SastreAnnabel BlasiSalvatore BrugalettaJudit MestresJulia Martinez-OconJose T Ortiz-PérezClara ViñalsSusanna Prat-GonzàlezEva RivasRosario J PereaSergio Rodríguez-TajesÁfrica MuxíEmilio OrtegaAda DoltraPablo RuizBàrbara VidalGraciela Martínez-PalliJordi ColmeneroGonzalo CrespoPublished in: Liver international : official journal of the International Association for the Study of the Liver (2024)
In this cohort, mCAD-LT score and CT-based tests detect the presence of significant CAD in LT candidates, although they tend to overestimate it. Both mCAD-LT score and CT-based tests classify LT recipients according to their risk of post-LT CVE and can be used to improve post-LT risk mitigation.