Is stress cardiomyopathy the underlying cause of ventricular dysfunction associated with brain death?

Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation

Volumn 29, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 957-965

  Berman, Marius ^a   Ali, Ayyaz ^a   Ashley, Euan ^b   Freed, Darren ^c   Clarke, Kieran ^d   Tsui, Steven ^a   Parameshwar, Jayan ^a   Large, Stephen ^a  

^a PAPWORTH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Graft dysfunction; Heart transplantation; RV dysfunction; Stress cardiomyopathy; Takotsubo cardiomyopathy

Indexed keywords

CATECHOLAMINE;

ARTICLE; BRAIN DEATH; DONOR; EMOTIONAL STRESS; GRAFT RECIPIENT; HEAD INJURY; HEART DISEASE; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HEART VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HUMAN; INJURY; PHEOCHROMOCYTOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE; TAKOTSUBO CARDIOMYOPATHY; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART FAILURE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HEART STROKE VOLUME; HEART VENTRICLE; METABOLISM; MORTALITY; ORGAN SIZE; PATHOLOGY; STUNNED HEART MUSCLE;

BRAIN DEATH; CATECHOLAMINES; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART FAILURE; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HEART VENTRICLES; HUMANS; MYOCARDIAL STUNNING; ORGAN SIZE; STROKE VOLUME; TAKOTSUBO CARDIOMYOPATHY; TISSUE DONORS; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, LEFT; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, RIGHT;

EID: 79952111223     PISSN: 10532498     EISSN: 15573117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.healun.2010.04.008     Document Type: Editorial

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