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Functional Assessment of the Donor Heart During Ex Situ Perfusion: Insights from Pressure-Volume Loops and Surface Echocardiography
Published on: October 11, 2022
Neurogenic stress cardiomyopathy in heart donors
Burhan Mohamedali1, Geetha Bhat1, Antone Tatooles1
1Division of Cardiology and Cardiovascular Surgery, Advocate Christ Medical Center, University of Illinois Hospitals and Health Sciences System, Chicago and Oak Lawn, Illinois.
Abstract:
Cardiac transplantation is severely restricted by donor availability. Left ventricular dysfunction due to neurogenic stress cardiomyopathy is often seen during donor evaluation and often presents a clinical dilemma for procurement. We report a case of a 23-year-old man with severe left ventricular dysfunction whose heart was successfully procured for transplantation. The brief case report is followed by an extensive review of neurogenic stress cardiomyopathy as well as donor evaluation for cardiac transplantation in the setting of such cardiomyopathy.
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