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Long-Term Transplant Outcomes of Donor Hearts With Left Ventricular Dysfunction
Tuesday, June 4, 2019
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Source Name: The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
Source URL: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jtcvs.2018.07.115
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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