Open AccessSerial changes in longitudinal graft function and implications of acute cellular graft rejections during the first year after heart transplantation
Author(s) -
Tor Skibsted Clemmensen,
Brian Bridal Løgstrup,
Hans Eiskjær,
Steen Hvitfeldt Poulsen
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
european heart journal - cardiovascular imaging
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.576
H-Index - 92
eISSN - 2047-2412
pISSN - 2047-2404
DOI - 10.1093/ehjci/jev133
Subject(s) - medicine , ejection fraction , heart transplantation , cardiology , transplantation , diastole , prospective cohort study , population , blood pressure , heart failure , environmental health
The aim of this prospective study was to use left ventricular global longitudinal strain (LV-GLS) as a non-invasive tool for the monitoring of graft function in relation to acute cellular rejection (ACR) during the first year after heart transplantation (HTX).
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