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Figure 2 | Cardiovascular Ultrasound

Figure 2

From: Transplant of stunned donor hearts rescued by pharmacological stress echocardiography: a “proof of concept” report

Figure 2

Donor #3 in Table  1 . An example of a stress echocardiogram with fixed abnormalities in a brain-dead potential donor, showing end-diastolic and end-systolic frames at rest and following stress using Dipyridamole. The test was prematurely stopped at 4 min due to severe systemic hypotension; WMSI rest = 1.65; WMSI = 1.71 at stop stress [see Additional file 2]. The pressure volume relation was negative with the ΔESP/ESV value = - 1.7 mmHg/mL/m2. The heart was sent to the pathology department for detailed macroscopic and histology examination.

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