Diminished Global Longitudinal Strain Predicts Late Allograft Failure in Pediatric Heart Transplant Recipients

• Published in: JACC. Cardiovascular imaging Vol. 10; no. 12; pp. 1529 - 1531
• Main Authors: Colquitt, John L., MD, Jeewa, Aamir, MD, Morris, Shaine A., MD, MPH, Sexson Tejtel, Kristen, MD, PhD, MPH, Dreyer, William J., MD, Denfield, Susan W., MD, Pignatelli, Ricardo H., MD
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Elsevier Inc 01.12.2017
• Subjects: Adolescent; Age Factors; Allografts; Biomechanical Phenomena; Cardiovascular; Child; Echocardiography - methods; Female; Heart Transplantation - adverse effects; Heart Transplantation - mortality; Humans; Male; Myocardial Contraction; Predictive Value of Tests; Prospective Studies; Risk Factors; Stroke Volume; Treatment Outcome; Ventricular Dysfunction, Left - diagnostic imaging; Ventricular Dysfunction, Left - etiology; Ventricular Dysfunction, Left - mortality; Ventricular Dysfunction, Left - physiopathology; Ventricular Function, Left