Cardiac magnetic resonance imaging in detection of progressive graft dysfunction in pediatric heart transplantation
Kae Watanabe,
Nicoleta C. Arva,
Joshua D. Robinson
et al.
Abstract:BackgroundChronic graft failure (CGF) in pediatric heart transplant (PHT) is multifactorial and may present with findings of fibrosis and microvessel disease (MVD) on endomyocardial biopsy (EMB). There is no optimal CGF surveillance method. We evaluated associations between cardiac magnetic resonance imaging (CMR) and historical/EMB correlates of CGF to assess CMR's utility as a surveillance method.MethodsRetrospective analysis of PHT undergoing comprehensive CMR between September 2015 and January 2022 was per… Show more
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