Left Ventricular Dysfunction Associated With Brain Death: Results From the Donor Heart Study.
Kiran K KhushDarren MalinoskiHelen LuikartBrian WaydaTahnee GroatJohn NguyenJohn BelcherJavier NietoNikole NeidlingerAhmad SalehiP J GeraghtyBruce NicelyMartin JendrisakThomas PearsonR Patrick WoodShiqi ZhangYingjie WengJonathan ZaroffPublished in: Circulation (2023)
LV dysfunction associated with brain death occurs in many potential heart donors and is sometimes reversible. These findings can inform decisions made during donor evaluation and help guide donor heart acceptance for transplantation.
Keyphrases
- heart failure
- left ventricular
- resting state
- white matter
- atrial fibrillation
- functional connectivity
- acute myocardial infarction
- cerebral ischemia
- stem cells
- multiple sclerosis
- hypertrophic cardiomyopathy
- cell therapy
- acute coronary syndrome
- climate change
- kidney transplantation
- transcatheter aortic valve replacement
- percutaneous coronary intervention