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Diffuse myocardial fibrosis among healthy pediatric heart transplant recipients: Correlation of histology, cardiovascular magnetic resonance, and clinical phenotype.
Pediatric transplantation - 1 Aug 2017
Feingold Brian, Salgado Cláudia M, Reyes-Múgica Miguel, Drant Stacey E, Miller Susan A, Kennedy Mark, Kellman Peter, Schelbert Erik B, Wong Timothy C
Abstract excerpt
Fibrosis is commonly described in heart allografts lost late after transplantation. CMR-derived ECV is a validated measure of DMF in native adult hearts that may predict heart failure and mortality. We explored associations of ECV with histologic myocardial fibrosis and clinical features after pediatric heart transplantation. Twenty-five recipients (7.0±6.3 years at transplant and 10.7±6.5 years post-transplant)...
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