CE-MRI allows identification of silent MI in apparently event-free HTX patients and is able to disclose myocardial fibrosis already in patients with absent or mild angiographic TCAD. CE-MRI might be helpful to establish an earlier TCAD diagnosis and to intensify medical treatment. Future studies are necessary to test prognostic implications associated with CE-MRI patterns.
Low Hb levels after HTX do not represent an independent risk factor for reduced survival, but the demonstrated correlation appears to be primarily caused by concomitant functional renal impairment. Further studies will be required to investigate the role of post-HTX anemia as a sensitive indicator of functional renal impairment and the effects of anemia treatment on long-term survival.
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