CHRONIC STRUCTURAL EFFECTS OF BIOPSY PROVEN 2R REJECTION IN HEART TRANSPLANT PATIENTS

Muhannad A. Abbasi,Roberto Sarnari,Arif Jivan,Julie Blaisdell,Daniel C. Lee,Allen S. Anderson,Kambiz Ghafourian,Sadiya S. Khan,Esther Vorovich,Jonathan D. Rich,Jane E. Wilcox,Clyde W. Yancy,James C. Carr,Michael Markl

CHRONIC STRUCTURAL EFFECTS OF BIOPSY PROVEN 2R REJECTION IN HEART TRANSPLANT PATIENTS

2020

Muhannad A. Abbasi
Roberto Sarnari
Arif Jivan
Julie Blaisdell
Daniel C. Lee
Allen S. Anderson
Kambiz Ghafourian
Sadiya S. Khan
Esther Vorovich
Jonathan D. Rich
Jane E. Wilcox
Clyde W. Yancy
James C. Carr
Michael Markl

Cellular rejection (CR) causes mortality during the first year post-heart transplantation (HTx). Endomyocardial biopsy is the current diagnostic gold standard. Currently only ≥2R grade episodes are treated. Cardiac magnetic resonance imaging (CMR) has been explored as a diagnostic adjunct.

Keywords:

Diabetes mellitus
Biopsy
Cardiology
Medicine
Internal medicine
endomyocardial biopsy
Gold standard
Transplantation
Cardiac magnetic resonance imaging
transplant patient
Radiology

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