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Cardiac allograft rejection (CAR) is a major complication in the first year after cardiac transplantation affecting 40% of patients with at least one episode. CAR is responsible of death in 12% and increases the subsequent risk of death up to 4 years and, moreover, is an independent risk factor for cardiac allograft vasculopathy (CAV).
Early detection of CAR is a major challenge in clinical practice. In clinical practice, the currently applied protocols include right ventricular endomyocardial biopsy (EMB) that is considered the gold standard for the early diagnosis of CAR. The aim of the present chapter is to review the possible application of cardiac magnetic resonance (CMR) in the study of CAR.
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Imazio, M., Andriani, M., Lobetti Bodoni, L., Gaita, F. (2019). Cardiac Transplantation. In: Learning Cardiac Magnetic Resonance . Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-11608-8_7
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