Changes in left and right ventricular function of donor hearts during the first year after heart transplantation
S Goland, RJ Siegel, K Burton, MA De Robertis... - Heart, 2011 - Objective Expected values of tissue Doppler imaging (TDI) velocities and myocardial performance index (MPI) after heart transplantation (HTx) have not been evaluated. This study assessed left and right ventricular (LV and RV) structure and function during the first ...
Methods and results Echocardiography including MPI and TDI systolic (S′), early (E′) and late (A′) diastolic velocities of RV and LV were performed in 20 donors (mean age 35±13 years) and serially in 20 recipients (mean age 59±9 years) during the first year after H Tx. Increase in LV mass occurred at 7 days, with normalisation at 3 months (p>
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