Detection of Heart Transplant Rejection in Adults by Echocardiographic Diastolic Indices: A Systematic Review of the Literature

Because of inconsistent quality of the studies and low sensitivities, the current literature does not support the use of DI by echocardiography as a screening test in the prediction of allograft rejection in the heart transplantation population. Larger controlled studies incorporating newer DI such as tissue Doppler are needed.