The prevalence of right ventricular failure after orthotopic heart transplantation, evaluated in 196 patients, was 11.7%, as assessed by the presence during the first postoperative month of right atrial pressure > 10 mm Hg. In a long-term analysis of survival (death within 1 year) the probability of death was significantly related to the values of right atrial pressure and cardiac index during the first month after heart transplantation. The best predictor of right ventricular failure remains to be clearly identified.
Right ventricular failure after heart transplantation: relationship with preoperative haemodynamic parameters
LARIZZA, CRISTIANA;BERZUINI, CARLO;
1992-01-01
Abstract
The prevalence of right ventricular failure after orthotopic heart transplantation, evaluated in 196 patients, was 11.7%, as assessed by the presence during the first postoperative month of right atrial pressure > 10 mm Hg. In a long-term analysis of survival (death within 1 year) the probability of death was significantly related to the values of right atrial pressure and cardiac index during the first month after heart transplantation. The best predictor of right ventricular failure remains to be clearly identified.File in questo prodotto:
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