Guideline or statement

Cardiovascular Management of Patients Undergoing Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation: From Pretransplantation to Survivorship: A Scientific Statement From the American Heart Association

CirculationPublished

  • Scientific statement

Recommendations

As issued by the authors

  1. Pretransplantation CV evaluation in 4 steps: (1) initial risk stratification, (2) exclusion of high-risk CVD, (3) assessment of cardiac reserve, (4) optimization of CV reserve

  2. Clinical risk scores could be useful tools for risk stratification of adults

  3. Long-term CV management of survivors: optimizing risk factors, monitoring, and a low threshold for evaluating CV causes of symptoms

Original publication

Cardiovascular Management of Patients Undergoing Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation: From Pretransplantation to Survivorship: A Scientific Statement From the American Heart Association. Circulation. Published 11 March 2024. doi:10.1161/cir.0000000000001220

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