The utility of echocardiographic evaluation of donor hearts upon the organ procurement for heart transplantation

Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 57, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 215-222

  Hashimoto, Shuji ^a   Kato, Tomoko S ^a   Komamura, Kazuo ^a   Hanatani, Akihisa ^b   Niwaya, Kazuo ^c   Funatsu, Toshihiro ^d   Kobayashi, Junjiro ^a   Sumita, Yoshiyuki ^a   Tanaka, Norio ^a   Hashimura, Kazuhiko ^a,e   Asakura, Masanori ^a   Kanzaki, Hideaki ^a   Kitakaze, Masafumi ^a  

^a NATIONAL CEREBRAL AND CARDIOVASCULAR CENTER   (Japan)

^b OSAKA CITY UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^c Department of Surgery and Cardiology   (Japan)

^d KANSAI ROSAI HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^e Yao Municipal Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Echocardiography; Heart transplantation; Organ procurement; Outcome

Indexed keywords

ACUTE GRAFT REJECTION; ADULT; ARTICLE; CARDIOLOGIST; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DONOR; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GRAFT FAILURE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE ENDDIASTOLIC VOLUME; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE WALL MOTION; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HEART VENTRICLE HYPERTROPHY; HEART VENTRICLE SIZE; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; POINT OF CARE TESTING; RISK FACTOR;

ADULT; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS; TISSUE AND ORGAN PROCUREMENT; TISSUE DONORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 79951943322     PISSN: 09145087     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jjcc.2010.11.007     Document Type: Article

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