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Cardiac Transplantation Using Hearts With Transient Dysfunction: Role of Takotsubo-Like Phenotype.
The Annals of thoracic surgery - 1 Jul 2020
Madan Shivank, Sims Daniel B, Vlismas Peter, Patel Snehal R, Saeed Omar, Murthy Sandhya, Forest Stephen, Jakobleff William, Shin Jooyoung Julia, Goldstein Daniel J, Jorde Ulrich P
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: The impact of different types of regional wall motion abnormalities (RWMAs), including the Takotsubo syndrome-like (TTS-like) phenotype, on posttransplant outcomes when using donor hearts with transient left ventricular systolic dysfunction (LVSD) is unknown. We evaluated the prevalence, clinical characteristics, and prognostic association of different RWMAs including TTS-like hypokinesis and...
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