Heart Transplantation: Indications, Surgical Techniques, and Complications

Markus Y Wu; Ranish Deedar Ali Khawaja; Daniel Vargas

doi:10.1016/j.rcl.2023.04.011

Heart Transplantation: Indications, Surgical Techniques, and Complications

Radiol Clin North Am. 2023 Sep;61(5):847-859. doi: 10.1016/j.rcl.2023.04.011. Epub 2023 May 15.

Authors

Markus Y Wu¹, Ranish Deedar Ali Khawaja², Daniel Vargas³

Affiliations

¹ Department of Radiology, University of Colorado, 12401 East 17th Avenue, Aurora, CO 80045, USA. Electronic address: markus.wu@cuanschutz.edu.
² Department of Radiology, University of Colorado, 12401 East 17th Avenue, Aurora, CO 80045, USA. Electronic address: https://twitter.com/RanishKhawaja.
³ Department of Radiology, University of Colorado, 12401 East 17th Avenue, Aurora, CO 80045, USA. Electronic address: https://twitter.com/DanielVargasMD.

PMID: 37495292
DOI: 10.1016/j.rcl.2023.04.011

Abstract

Heart transplantation has been increasingly performed for patients with end-stage heart failure most commonly related to ischemic and non-ischemic cardiomyopathies. The major complications are procedure-related complications, infection, acute rejection, cardiac allograft vasculopathy, and malignancy. Radiologists have an important role in the evaluation of transplant candidates and early detection of postoperative complications.

Keywords: Acute allograft rejection; Cardiac allograft vasculopathy; Complications; Heart transplantation; Surgical technique.

Publication types

Review

MeSH terms

Heart Transplantation* / adverse effects
Heart Transplantation* / methods
Humans
Postoperative Complications / diagnostic imaging
Risk Factors