RV dysfunction after lung transplantation: a new prognostic marker or mainly a correlate of lung allograft function?

JACC Cardiovasc Imaging. 2014 Nov;7(11):1095-7. doi: 10.1016/j.jcmg.2014.08.004. Epub 2014 Nov 10.

Authors

Francois Haddad¹, Elie Fadel²

Affiliations

¹ Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Department of Medicine and Cardiovascular Institute, Stanford University, Palo Alto, California. Electronic address: fhaddad@stanford.edu.
² Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Centre Chirurgical Marie-Lannelongue, Université Paris-Sud, Orsay, France.

PMID: 25459590
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcmg.2014.08.004

No abstract available

Keywords: echocardiography; hypertension; lung transplantation; myocardial deformation imaging; pulmonary survival; right ventricular function.

Publication types

Editorial
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MeSH terms

Female
Heart Ventricles / physiopathology*
Humans
Lung Diseases / surgery*
Lung Transplantation*
Male
Ventricular Dysfunction, Right / physiopathology*
Ventricular Function, Right*