Table 1 Baseline characteristics

 Age (years)

58 [49–64]

 Male gender

14 (7%)

 Body mass index (kg/m²)

26 [23–28]

 Hypertension

10 (50%)

 Diabetes

2 (10%)

 Creatinin clearance (Cockcroft and Gault), ml/min

71 [52–94]

 Age at transplant (years)

54 [44–60]

 Donor age (years)

44 [31–50]

 Ischemia time (minutes)

220 [202–233]

EMB

n = 31

Negative (0R, pAMR0)

24

Positive with rejection

7

 Acute cellular rejection

6

 Grade 1R

4

 Grade 2R

2

 Grade 3R

0

 Antibody mediated rejection

1

 pAMR1

1

 pAMR2

0

Time between transplant and EMB (days)

80 [55–153]

CMR

n = 31

 Time between transplant and CMR (days)

80 [56–156]

 Time between BEM and CMR(days)

0 [0–1]