Left ventricular ejection fraction was not a predictor of outcomes after heart transplant, and was normal in all recipients at 1 year posttransplant. The reliance on generic transthoracic echocardiography for donor assessment may well be the Achilles heel of this retrospective case study.
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Long-Term Transplant Outcomes of Donor Hearts With Left Ventricular Dysfunction
Submitted by: Aristotle Protopapas
Source: The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
Source URL: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jtcvs.2018.07.115
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Author(s): Agustin Sibona, Kiran K. Khush, Udo E. Oyoyo, Timothy P. Martens, Nahidh W. Hasaniya, Anees J. Razzouk, Leonard L. Bailey, David G. Rabkin
