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The aim of this study is to use the high resolution of optical coherence tomography to assess the prevalence of different types of cardiac allograft vasculopathy (CAV) in cardiac transplanted patients and correlate those results with the level of immunosuppression
CAV is the most common reason for retransplantation at >1 year and one of the main risk factors for mortality after cardiac transplantation. For this registry, patients planned to undergo coronary angiography either as a part of routine follow-up to screen for relevant cardiac allograft vasculopathy or because of clinical suspicion of relevant cardiac allograft vasculopathy will be considered eligible.
Since the "Transplant Care Guidelines of 2010" recommend the use of intracoronary imaging during angiographic follow-up in patients after heart transplantation to recognize CAV as early as possible, OCT has become integral part of the CAV diagnostic in our center. Through its high resolution OCT (so called virtual histology) provides the earliest possible diagnosis of CAV as well as new insights into the differentiation of CAV types. We aim to correlate the findings of OCT with the level of immunosuppression.
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| Measure | Description | Time Frame |
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| CAV patterns | Evaluation of CAV with optical coherence tomography imaging in different follow-up timepoints according to the Heart Transplant Care guidelines | 2 years |
| Measure | Description | Time Frame |
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| Immunosuppression compliance | Association between pattern of CAV and the appropriateness of immunosuppression as measured regularly in routine laboratory | 2 years |
| combined ischemic events | Combined incidence of death, re-transplantation, myocardial infarction, stroke and coronary revascularization |
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Patients after successful cardiac transplantation at the time of coronary angiography as part of routine follow-up after cardiac transplantation or as invasive diagnostic tool in case of clinical suspicion of cardiac allograft vasculopathy and indication for intravascular imaging according to guidelines.
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| Name | Affiliation | Role |
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| Steffen Massberg, MD | LMU Munich | Principal Investigator |
| Facility | Status | City | State | ZIP | Country | Contacts |
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| Munich University Hospital | Munich | Bavaria | 81377 | Germany |
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| 2 years |