Assessment of myocardial ventricular function in donor hearts: is isovolumic acceleration measured by tissue Doppler the Holy Grail?
Cheung
Michael M H
MM
Division of Cardiology, Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto M5G 1X8, Ontario, Canada. Michael.cheung@sickkids.ca
Redington
Andrew N
AN
D015150:Echocardiography, Doppler; D006321:Heart / Q000502:physiology / Q000503:physiopathology*; D016027:Heart Transplantation; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D014019:Tissue Donors; D018754:Ventricular Dysfunction / Q000175:diagnosis*; D016276:Ventricular Function / Q000502:physiology