Cardiac MRI T2* in Liver Transplant Candidates: Application and Performance of a Novel Imaging Technique to Identify Patients at Risk for Poor Posttransplant Cardiac Outcomes

Cardiac MRI T2* in Liver Transplant Candidates: Application and Performance of a Novel Imaging Technique to Identify Patients at Risk for Poor Posttransplant Cardiac Outcomes

Background. In end-stage liver disease, alterations in iron metabolism can lead to iron overload and development of iron overload cardiomyopathy. In liver transplant candidates, evaluation for cardiac iron overload and dysfunction can help to identify candidates at increased risk for peritransplant...

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Main Authors: Sara M. Lewin, MD, Kimberly Kallianos, MD, M. Ilan Nevah, MD, Susan Zhao, MD, Oren K. Fix, MD, Gabriel C. Brooks, MD, Teresa De Marco, MD, Atif N. Qasim, MD, Karen G. Ordovas, MD, Neil Mehta, MD
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer 2018-07-01
Series:Transplantation Direct
Online Access:http://journals.lww.com/transplantationdirect/fulltext/10.1097/TXD.0000000000000803

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