Cardiac magnetic resonance T2 mapping in the monitoring and follow-up of acute cardiac transplant rejection: A pilot study

Circulation: Cardiovascular Imaging

Volumn 5, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 782-790

  Usman, Asad A ^a,d   Taimen, Kirsi ^a   Wasielewski, Marie ^a   McDonald, Jennifer ^a   Shah, Saurabh ^b   Giri, Shivraman ^b,e   Cotts, William ^a,c   McGee, Edwin ^d   Gordon, Robert ^a,c,d   Collins, Jeremy D ^a   Markl, Michael ^a   Carr, James C ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Siemens Healthcare   (United States)

^c Bluhm Cardiovascular Institute   (United States)

^d NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Diagnosis; Edema; Heart failure; Magnetic resonance imaging; Rejection; Transplantation

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT;

ACUTE GRAFT REJECTION; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIAC GRAFT REJECTION; CARDIAC IMAGING; CARDIOVASCULAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GRAFT RECIPIENT; HEART HEMODYNAMICS; HEART MUSCLE BIOPSY; HEART MUSCLE RELAXATION; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PILOT STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; BIOPSY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GRAFT REJECTION; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING, CINE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIUM; PILOT PROJECTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84872238598     PISSN: 19419651     EISSN: 19420080     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCIMAGING.111.971101     Document Type: Article

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