Raj Nagappan

Jul 4, 2023 | onlinelibrary.wiley.com | Pooja Prasad |Raj Nagappan |Brian Davidson |Kevin H-C Wei

Abstract Cardiac allograft vasculopathy (CAV) remains a common long-term complication of cardiac transplantation. While invasive coronary angiography is considered the gold standard, it is also invasive and lacks sensitivity to detect early, distal CAV. Although vasodilator stress myocardial contrast echocardiography perfusion imaging (MCE) is used in the detection of microvascular disease in non-transplant patients, there is little data guiding its use in transplant recipients.