LIMITED PROGNOSTIC ABILITY OF SPECT IN THE HEART TRANSPLANT POPULATION: ANALYSIS FROM A SINGLE LARGE-VOLUME CENTER

Survival after heart transplant has greatly improved, with a median survival now ~13 years. Cardiac allograft vasculopathy (CAV), characterized by diffuse arteriopathy, is a major source of morbidity and mortality. SPECT MPI is used for CAV surveillance, but its accuracy in diagnosis of CAV is