Can multiple previous treatment-requiring rejections affect biventricular myocardial function in heart transplant recipients? A two-dimensional speckle-tracking study

Int J Cardiol. 2016 Apr 15:209:54-6. doi: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2016.02.025. Epub 2016 Feb 3.

¹ Cardiology Unit, Department for the Treatment and Study of Cardiothoracic Diseases and Cardiothoracic Transplantation, IRCCS - ISMETT (Istituto Mediterraneo per i Trapianti e Terapie ad alta Specializzazione), Via Tricomi 5, 90127 Palermo, Italy.
² Cardiac Surgery and Heart Transplantation Unit, Department for the Treatment and Study of Cardiothoracic Diseases and Cardiothoracic Transplantation, IRCCS - ISMETT (Istituto Mediterraneo per i Trapianti e Terapie ad alta Specializzazione), Via Tricomi 5, 90127 Palermo, Italy. Electronic address: giuseppe.raffa78@gmail.com.
³ Research Office, IRCCS - ISMETT (Istituto Mediterraneo per i Trapianti e Terapie ad alta Specializzazione), Via Tricomi 5, 90127 Palermo, Italy.
⁴ Cardiac Surgery and Heart Transplantation Unit, Department for the Treatment and Study of Cardiothoracic Diseases and Cardiothoracic Transplantation, IRCCS - ISMETT (Istituto Mediterraneo per i Trapianti e Terapie ad alta Specializzazione), Via Tricomi 5, 90127 Palermo, Italy.
⁵ University of Liège Hospital, GIGA Cardiovascular Sciences, Department of Cardiology, Heart Valve Clinic, CHU Sart Tilman, Liège, Belgium.

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Keywords: Cellular rejection; Echocardiography; Heart transplant; Speckle-Tracking; Strain.

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