Cardiovascular magnetic resonance in the diagnosis of acute heart transplant rejection: a review

Table 2 Human Trials comparing endomyocardial biopsy and CMR in the diagnosis of acute heart transplant rejection

Author	Year	n	Scans	Positive biopsies	Age	Time from Txplant	Delay to CMR	Histologic Grading
Almenar L	2003	40	64	-	51 +/- 13 yrs	13–3725 days	-	Defined*
Marie P.Y	2001	68	123	19	51 +/- 13 yrs	8 +/- 11 mth	<4 days	ISHLT[47]
Marie P.Y	1998	52	52	9	51 +/- 14 yrs	32 +/- 42 mth	< 1 wk	ISHLT[47]
Smart F.W.	1993	8	33	3	-	1–7 mth	<24 hrs	McAlister[48]
Mousseaux E	1993	39	39	7	52 (18–69) yrs	7 d–5 yrs	<48 hrs	ISHLT[47]
Revel	1989	29	33	8^†	45 (11–60) yrs	3 wk-5 yrs	<3 days	Billingham[46]
Lund G	1988	9	35	2	5 mos – 59 yrs	1–13 wks	<24 hrs	Not stated
Wisenberg G	1987	25	62	16	14–57 yrs	9–107 days	<24 hrs	Defined^‡
Totals		302	521	75

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