American Roentgen Ray Society Comprehensive Insights into Heart and Lung Transplant Imaging 2025

Date of Original Release: Aug 2025
Video content for this Online Course will be available to view until August 25, 2035, which is ten years following the issuance date of this course. ARRS reserves the right to remove video content before the end of the ten year period. Video content that contradicts current science or misleads the viewer based on changes to accepted clinical practice may be removed on a case-by-case basis.
Learning Outcomes and Modules
After completing this course, the learner should be able to:

Apply advanced imaging techniques for the assessment of transplant candidates.
Improve diagnostic accuracy in identifying posttransplant complications.
Explain how radiologists can contribute to multidisciplinary collaborations in the care of transplant patients.
Identify the latest imaging protocols for transplant evaluation.

 
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Module 1: Heart Transplant
Congestive Heart Failure: A Review of Severity Classification, Imaging, and Pre-Heart Transplant Planning—Matthew Cham
Bridge to Heart Transplant: Ventricular Assist Devices—Travis Henry
Orthotopic Heart Transplant: A Surgeon’s Perspective—Mark Kearns
Recipient Imaging Before Heart Transplant and Lung Transplant: What the Surgeon Needs to Know—Kimberly Kallianos
Module 2: Posttransplant Cardiac and Lung Complications
Recognition of Early Post Heart Transplant Complications—Markus Wu
Recognition of Late Post Heart Transplant Complications—Santiago Martinez-Jimenez
Imaging and Recognition of Early Post-Operative Lung Transplant Complications—Stacy Kim
Module 3: Miscellaneous Topics in Cardiac and Lung Transplant
Late Complications of Lung Transplant—Cylen Javidan
Posttransplant Malignancies—Lea Azour
Imaging Potential Lung Donors: What to Look for to Add Value to the Transplant Team—Andrew Bierhals
Five Unknown Transplant Case Presentations—Brent Little