Assessment of cardiac allograft systolic function by global longitudinal strain: From donor to recipient.
Adam D DeVoreFawaz AleneziArun KrishnamoorthyMads ErsbollMarc D SamskyPhillip J SchulteChetan B PatelJoseph G RogersCarmelo A MilanoEric J VelazquezMichel G KhouriPublished in: Clinical transplantation (2017)
GLS demonstrates allograft LV systolic dysfunction in donors and recipients not detected by LVEF. The clinical implications of subclinical allograft dysfunction detected by LV GLS require further study.