Abstract
Preoperative cardiovascular (CV) risk stratification in liver transplant (LvTx) candidates has proven challenging due to limitations of current noninvasive modalities. Additionally, the evaluation can be cumbersome and expensive given the need for separate cardiac, vascular and abdominal imaging. Over the last decade cardiovascular MRI (CMR) has emerged as the 'gold standard' for many important CV metrics used to define such risk due to its unparalleled spatial resolution, lack of ionizing radiation and intrinsic 3D capabilities.
Highlights
Preoperative cardiovascular (CV) risk stratification in liver transplant (LvTx) candidates has proven challenging due to limitations of current noninvasive modalities
Pharmacologic stress cardiovascular MRI (CMR) was done with regadenoson, adenosine, or dobutamine
Viability was assessed by delayed hyperenhancement (DHE)
Summary
Exploratory use of cardiac magnetic resonance imaging in liver transplantation; a one-stop shop for preoperative cardio-hepatic evaluation. Asghar A Fakhri1*, Ngoc L Thai, Jose Oliva, Michael K Dishart, Bryan Veynovich, June A Yamrozik, Ronald B Williams, Saundra B Grant, Jacqueline Poydence, Vikas K Rathi, Anil Singh, Kusum B Tom, Swami Nathan, Robert WW Biederman. From 2011 SCMR/Euro CMR Joint Scientific Sessions Nice, France. From 2011 SCMR/Euro CMR Joint Scientific Sessions Nice, France. 3-6 February 2011
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