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TMAD enters the toolbox for evaluating selected heart transplant patients
Peter L M Kerkhof1, Annagrazia Cecere2, Francesco Tona2
1Department of Radiology & Nuclear Medicine, Amsterdam University Medical Centers, Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
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Adaptation of the heart is often a blessing for the patient, but sometimes a diagnostic challenge for the responsible physician. The clinical difficulty may be enhanced when employing diagnostic tools that are hard to interpret. Ratio-based metrics are notorious in this respect, and particularly risky in the follow-up evaluation of heart transplant patients. However, measures expressed as physical units contribute to a comprehensive clinical evaluation and guide proper patient management.

