Table 1 Eligibility criteria in marginal donors by echocardiographic techniques
|  | Donors aged > 55 years or with ≥ 3 risk factors | Donors with rest wall motion abnormalities | Donors with hemodynamic instability/LV dysfunction |
|---|---|---|---|
N. initially recruited | 97 | 6 | 15 |
N. potentially eligible studied patients | 57 | 6 | 15 |
Intervention (stress) | DIP (dob) | DIP (dob) | HT |
Echo assessment following intervention | Minutes | Minutes | Hours |
WMSI rest | 1 | > 1 | 1/> 1 |
WMSI peak | 1 | 1 | Â |
LVEF% rest | 59 ± 10 | 53 ± 8 | 48 ± 14 |
LVEF% peak | 67 ± 9 | 58 ± 7 | 59 ± 3 |
Contractile reserve | + | + | + |
Viability | NA | + | + |
Stress dismissed | N = 15 | N = 3 |  |
Eligible non-transplanted | N = 9 | - | N = 7 |
Eligible transplanted hearts | N = 32 | N = 3 | N = 8 |
Donor characteristics of transplanted hearts | Â | Â | Â |
Age (years) | 55 ± 7 | 34 ± 13 | 50 ± 9 |
Male gender | 53 (58%) | 3 (50%) | 8 (53%) |
BSA (m2) | 1.81 ± 0.19 | 1.95 ± 0.14 | 1.90 ± 0.19 |
Cause of death | Â | Â | Â |
Anoxia | 1 | - | - |
Cerebrovascular accident | 22 | 1 | 7 |
Head trauma | 9 | 2 | 1 |
Troponin > 0.14 micrograms/L | 21 | 3 | 8 |