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Figure 5 | Cardiovascular Ultrasound

Figure 5

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

Figure 5

Donor #6 of Table  1 . The same donor as in Figure 4. Two days after the subarachnoid hemorrhage and after brain death, the donor underwent a transthoracic dipyridamole stress echo (0.84 mg/kg in 6’) [see Additional file 4]. Left ventricular lateral wall hypokinesia and inferior wall akinesia are shown in 4-chamber (panel A) and 3-chamber (panel B) views at baseline (left panels). At peak stress a viability response is shown with recovery of lateral and inferior wall motion (right panels). The donor was considered suitable for heart donation and the heart was transplanted.

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