title: Echocardiography and cardiac transplantation: a literature review and practical approach.
abstract: This article reviews the utility of noninvasive echocardiography in the detection of early cardiac transplant rejection before and after the use of cyclosporine. It addresses the use of Doppler and two-dimensional echocardiography in the routine cardiac evaluation of the heart-transplant patient, including the use of two-dimensional echocardiography in guiding the endomyocardial biopsy procedure.
authors.affiliation: Tufts-New England Medical Center, Boston, MA 02111.
authors.forename: B A
authors.initials: BA
authors.lastname: Brockway
mesh_terms: D003524:Cyclosporins / Q000627:therapeutic use; D004452:Echocardiography; D015150:Echocardiography, Doppler; D006084:Graft Rejection; D016027:Heart Transplantation; D006801:Humans
chemical_list: D003524:Cyclosporins