TY - JOUR
T1 - Value of radionuclide studies in cardiac transplantation
AU - Flotats, Albert
AU - Carrió, Ignasi
PY - 2006/3/15
Y1 - 2006/3/15
N2 - Effective noninvasive evaluation of acute and chronic allograft rejection remains an important challenge in patients with cardiac transplantation. Radionuclide studies have demonstrated utility because of their ease of use, giving relevant information about the pathophysiology of the transplanted heart, along with valuable diagnostic and prognostic indicators. This article focuses on reviewing the pathophysiological changes of the transplanted heart and implications for radionuclide studies.
AB - Effective noninvasive evaluation of acute and chronic allograft rejection remains an important challenge in patients with cardiac transplantation. Radionuclide studies have demonstrated utility because of their ease of use, giving relevant information about the pathophysiology of the transplanted heart, along with valuable diagnostic and prognostic indicators. This article focuses on reviewing the pathophysiological changes of the transplanted heart and implications for radionuclide studies.
KW - Cardiac transplantation
KW - Myocardial perfusion scintigraphy
KW - Positron emission tomography
KW - Radionuclide imaging of necrosis and apoptosis
KW - Radionuclide imaging of sympathetic innervation
UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/33644817096
U2 - 10.1007/BF02985585
DO - 10.1007/BF02985585
M3 - Review article
SN - 0914-7187
VL - 20
SP - 13
EP - 21
JO - Annals of Nuclear Medicine
JF - Annals of Nuclear Medicine
IS - 1
ER -