Wait, treat and see: echocardiographic monitoring of brain-dead potential donors with stunned heart

Table 1 Potential donors with hemodynamic instability

	Sex	Age	M hours	Early LVEF %	Final LVEF %	Peak Troponinng/mL	Final Troponinng/mL	T3 hours	NE hours	Outcome	Heart Donor	Other Organs
1	M	32	51	60	60	0.47	0.26	15	-	Donor	Yes	2 L-2 K-Li
2	F	54	30	60	60	3.27	0.50	15	-	Donor	Yes	2 K
3	M	66	56	60	60	2.82	0.87	15	12	Donor	CAD	2 K-Li
4	M	51	30	55	55	0.99	0.64	12	-	Donor	CAD	2 K-Li
5	M	20	36	60	67	2.70	0.30	33	-	Opposition	-	-
6	M	48	39	55	60	0.05	0.015	27	6	Donor	Yes	2 L-2 K-Li-P
7	F	51	33	60	60	11.40	2.15	24	-	Donor	Yes	2 K-Li
8	F	56	72	60	60	5.61	0.25	63	-	Donor	Yes	2 K
9	F	45	48	37	55	0.23	0.21	9	-	Donor	Yes	2 K-Li
10	M	66	90	40	55	4.35	0.05	3	-	Opposition	-	-
11	M	16	114	30	60	0.90	0.08	18	12	Opposition	-	-
12	F	64	69	40	60	2.17	-	27	12	Donor	Yes	2 L-2 K-Li
13	F	56	48	20	54	13.80	0.90	12	-	Tubercolosis	-	-
14	F	46	156	23	60	0.38	0.17	60	3	Donor	Yes	2 K
15	M	50	42	55	58	1.32	0.30	3	-	Malignancy	-	-

M = maintenance; CAD = Coronary Artery Disease; LVEF = Left Ventricular Ejection Fraction; T3 = Triiodothyronine; NE = Norepinephrine; Li = Liver; L = Lung; K = Kidney; P = Pancreas.

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