Late gadolinium enhancement assessed by cardiac magnetic resonance imaging in heart transplant recipients with different stages of cardiac allograft vasculopathy

LGE-CMR was useful to identify myocardial scar possibly related to early CAV in a significant proportion of HTX recipients, otherwise classified as low-risk patients based on CA. Therefore, LGE-CMR could be helpful to intensify CAV monitoring, medical therapy, and clinical risk stratification.