Tomoko Kato

By Khurram Shahzad, Farhana Latif, Hirokazu Akashi, Tomoko S. Kato, Anshu Sinha, Duygu Onat and Mario C. Deng

Part of the book: Ventricular Assist Devices

By Tomoko Sugiyama Kato, Kazuo Komamura, Noboru Oda, Taro Sasaoka, Ikutaro Nakajima, Ayako Tkakahashi and Masafumi Kitakaze

Part of the book: Ventricular Assist Devices

By Tomoko S. Kato, Kazuo Komamura, Ikutaro Nakajima, Ayako Takahashi, Noboru Oda and Masafumi Kitakaze

Part of the book: New Aspects of Ventricular Assist Devices

By Tomoko Kato, Takashi Nishimura, Shunei Kyo, Kenji Kuwaki, Hiroyuki Dada and Atsushi Amano

Heart transplantation (HTx) is a curative treatment for patients with advanced heart failure (HF); however, since transplant opportunities are severely limited due to donor shortage, the left ventricular assist device (LVAD) has become a standard therapy for patients awaiting HTx. The role of echocardiography as a primary imaging modality to monitor the allograft function in transplant recipients as well as to optimize LVAD settings in LVAD recipients has been expanding. The purpose of this review is to highlight the clinical role of echocardiography in the management of patients undergoing LVAD implantation and/or HTx. In particular, we overview (1) how to detect LVAD malfunction and device-associated complication in LVAD recipients and (2) echocardiographic assessments of cardiac allograft rejection in transplant recipients.

Part of the book: Echocardiography in Heart Failure and Cardiac Electrophysiology