title: Can multiple previous treatment-requiring rejections affect biventricular myocardial function in heart transplant recipients? A two-dimensional speckle-tracking study.
authors.affiliation: Cardiology Unit, Department for the Treatment and Study of Cardiothoracic Diseases and Cardiothoracic Transplantation, IRCCS - ISMETT (Istituto Mediterraneo per i Trapianti e Terapie ad alta Specializzazione), Via Tricomi 5, 90127 Palermo, Italy.
authors.forename: Giuseppe
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Romano
authors.affiliation: Cardiac Surgery and Heart Transplantation Unit, Department for the Treatment and Study of Cardiothoracic Diseases and Cardiothoracic Transplantation, IRCCS - ISMETT (Istituto Mediterraneo per i Trapianti e Terapie ad alta Specializzazione), Via Tricomi 5, 90127 Palermo, Italy. Electronic address: giuseppe.raffa78@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Giuseppe Maria
authors.initials: GM
authors.lastname: Raffa
authors.affiliation: Cardiology Unit, Department for the Treatment and Study of Cardiothoracic Diseases and Cardiothoracic Transplantation, IRCCS - ISMETT (Istituto Mediterraneo per i Trapianti e Terapie ad alta Specializzazione), Via Tricomi 5, 90127 Palermo, Italy.
authors.forename: Pamela
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Licata
authors.affiliation: Research Office, IRCCS - ISMETT (Istituto Mediterraneo per i Trapianti e Terapie ad alta Specializzazione), Via Tricomi 5, 90127 Palermo, Italy.
authors.forename: Fabio
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Tuzzolino
authors.affiliation: Cardiac Surgery and Heart Transplantation Unit, Department for the Treatment and Study of Cardiothoracic Diseases and Cardiothoracic Transplantation, IRCCS - ISMETT (Istituto Mediterraneo per i Trapianti e Terapie ad alta Specializzazione), Via Tricomi 5, 90127 Palermo, Italy.
authors.forename: Cesar Hernandez
authors.initials: CH
authors.lastname: Baravoglia
authors.affiliation: Cardiac Surgery and Heart Transplantation Unit, Department for the Treatment and Study of Cardiothoracic Diseases and Cardiothoracic Transplantation, IRCCS - ISMETT (Istituto Mediterraneo per i Trapianti e Terapie ad alta Specializzazione), Via Tricomi 5, 90127 Palermo, Italy.
authors.forename: Sergio
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Sciacca
authors.affiliation: Cardiology Unit, Department for the Treatment and Study of Cardiothoracic Diseases and Cardiothoracic Transplantation, IRCCS - ISMETT (Istituto Mediterraneo per i Trapianti e Terapie ad alta Specializzazione), Via Tricomi 5, 90127 Palermo, Italy.
authors.forename: Cesare
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Scardulla
authors.affiliation: Cardiac Surgery and Heart Transplantation Unit, Department for the Treatment and Study of Cardiothoracic Diseases and Cardiothoracic Transplantation, IRCCS - ISMETT (Istituto Mediterraneo per i Trapianti e Terapie ad alta Specializzazione), Via Tricomi 5, 90127 Palermo, Italy.
authors.forename: Michele
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Pilato
authors.affiliation: University of Liège Hospital, GIGA Cardiovascular Sciences, Department of Cardiology, Heart Valve Clinic, CHU Sart Tilman, Liège, Belgium.
authors.forename: Patrizio
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Lancellotti
authors.affiliation: Cardiology Unit, Department for the Treatment and Study of Cardiothoracic Diseases and Cardiothoracic Transplantation, IRCCS - ISMETT (Istituto Mediterraneo per i Trapianti e Terapie ad alta Specializzazione), Via Tricomi 5, 90127 Palermo, Italy.
authors.forename: Francesco
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Clemenza
authors.affiliation: Cardiology Unit, Department for the Treatment and Study of Cardiothoracic Diseases and Cardiothoracic Transplantation, IRCCS - ISMETT (Istituto Mediterraneo per i Trapianti e Terapie ad alta Specializzazione), Via Tricomi 5, 90127 Palermo, Italy.
authors.forename: Diego
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Bellavia
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D009202:Cardiomyopathies / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery*; D004452:Echocardiography / Q000379:methods; D005260:Female; D016027:Heart Transplantation; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D055815:Young Adult
keywords: Cellular rejection; Echocardiography; Heart transplant; Speckle-Tracking; Strain