Clinical Usefulness of Cardiac Magnetic Resonance Imaging After Heart Transplantation

Cardiac magnetic resonance imaging (cMRI) appears to have a high negative predictive value when used as a screening tool for allograft rejection after heart transplantation (HTX). We sought to compare myocardial biopsy to cMRI screening to guide steroid withdrawal early after HTX.

Source: The Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation - March 25, 2017 Category: Transplant Surgery Authors: G. Poglajen, A. Cerar, R. Zbacnik, G. Zemlji č, S. Frljak, J. Ksela, I. Knezevic, P. Berden, B. Vrtovec Source Type: research