Table 3.

Summary of studies of CMRI in transplant recipients

Author	Population	Technique	Results/conclusions
Malatesta-Muncher et al. [96]	Pediatric: ESRD (10 dialysis/10 transplant) versus 24 healthy controls	CMRI and CMRS	CMRI and MRS detected subclinical cardiac dysfunction, decreased energy metabolism and myocardial microcomposition in ESRD patients, despite normal EF
Schaefer et al. [97]	Pediatric: 15 children (2 CKD, 6 PD, 7 HD, 18 transplants)	CMRI (before and after transplant	All CMRI parameters (EF, end diastolic LV volume index, end systolic LV volume index and LVMI) improved after transplant
Parnham et al. [98]	Adult: 12 CKD, 11 dialysis, 10 transplant, 10 HTN controls, 10 healthy controls	BOLD CMRI	CKD, dialysis and transplant had impaired myocardial response to stress in comparison to HTN and normal controls
Arnold et al. [99]	Pediatric: 25 CKD (14 post-transplant)	CMRI versus standard echocardiography	Echo underestimates LVM compared to CMRI
			CMR-LVMI but not echo-LVMI predicted future GFR decline
Gimpel et al. [100]	Pediatric: 20 CKD/transplant versus 12 healthy controls	CMRI tissue phase mapping	Reduced regional LV wall velocities in CKD and transplant, with normal LVH

ESRD, end-stage renal disease; HD, hemodialysis; HTN, hypertension; LVMI, left ventricular mass index; MRS, magnetic resonance spectroscopy; PD, peritoneal dialysis.