Assessment of sub-clinical acute cellular rejection after heart transplantation: comparison of cardiac magnetic resonance imaging and endomyocardial biopsy

European Radiology

Volumn 24, Issue 10, 2014, Pages 2360-2371

  Krieghoff, Christian ^a   Barten, Markus J ^a   Hildebrand, Lysann ^a   Grothoff, Matthias ^a   Lehmkuhl, Lukas ^a   Lücke, Christian ^a   Andres, Claudia ^a   Nitzsche, Stefan ^a   Riese, Franziska ^a   Strüber, Martin ^a   Mohr, Friedrich Wilhelm ^a   Gutberlet, Matthias ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Graft rejection diagnosis; Heart transplantation; Inflammation; Magnetic resonance imaging; Myocarditis

Indexed keywords

ACUTE DISEASE; ALLOGRAFT; BIOPSY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GRAFT REJECTION; HEART MUSCLE; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOLOGY; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PROCEDURES; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ACUTE DISEASE; ALLOGRAFTS; BIOPSY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GRAFT REJECTION; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING, CINE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIUM; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; ROC CURVE;

EID: 84930247928     PISSN: 09387994     EISSN: 14321084     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00330-014-3246-2     Document Type: Article

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