Right Ventricular Function on Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance Imaging and Long-Term Outcomes in Stable Heart Transplant Recipients.

ABSTRACT:

Background

In heart transplant recipients, right ventricular (RV) dysfunction may occur for a variety of reasons. Whether RV dysfunction in the stable phase after heart transplantation is associated with long-term adverse outcomes is unknown. We aimed to determine the long-term prognostic significance of RV dysfunction identified on cardiovascular magnetic resonance imaging (CMR) at least 1 year after heart transplantation.

Methods

In consecutive heart transplant recipients who underwent CMR for surveillance, we assessed 2 CMR measures of RV function: RV ejection fraction and RV global longitudinal strain (RVGLS). We investigated associations between RV dysfunction and a composite end point of death or major adverse cardiac events, including retransplantation, nonfatal myoca

SUBMITTER: Barrett CM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11021158 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature