Open AccessComparing Donor Heart Assessment Strategies During Ex Situ Heart Perfusion to Better Estimate Posttransplant Cardiac Function
Author(s) -
Roberto Vanin Pinto Ribeiro,
J. Alvarez,
F. Yu,
M. Adamson,
E. Paradiso,
Arnaud Romeo Mbadjeu Hondjeu,
Liming Xin,
B. Gellner,
Maja Degen,
V. Bissoondath,
Massimiliano Meineri,
Vivek Rao,
Mitesh Badiwala
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
transplantation
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.45
H-Index - 204
eISSN - 1534-6080
pISSN - 0041-1337
DOI - 10.1097/tp.0000000000003374
Subject(s) - transplantation , cardiology , medicine , preload , heart transplantation , perfusion , cardiac function curve , circulatory system , cardiac output , cardiac index , hemodynamics , heart failure
Ex situ heart perfusion (ESHP) limits ischemic periods and enables continuous monitoring of donated hearts; however, a validated assessment method to predict cardiac performance has yet to be established. We compare biventricular contractile and metabolic parameters measured during ESHP to determine the best evaluation strategy to estimate cardiac function following transplantation.