Prognostic impact of late gadolinium enhancement in the risk stratification of heart transplant patients

What is it about?

Cardiac magnetic resonance in addition to clinical data and invasive study of coronary anatomy can provide a prognostic tool to predict adverse events ( hospitalisation, heart failure, ischaemia, death) in patients who underwent heart transplant.

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Why is it important?

CMR allows yearly monitoring of these patients at a lower risk, inconvenience for patients and costs