Patterns of Left Ventricular Regional Wall Motion Abnormalities After Brain Death and Their Clinical Significance.

Journal: JACC. Heart failure
Published Date: Jun 26, 2025

Abstract

BACKGROUND: Left ventricular dysfunction is common in potential heart donors after brain death, but specific regional wall motion abnormality (RWMA) patterns in this population have not been well described.

Authors

  • Alex J Chang
    Department of Medicine, Kaiser Permanente San Francisco Medical Center, 2425 Geary Boulevard, San Francisco, CA, 94115, USA.
  • Brian J Wayda
    Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California, USA.
  • Shiqi Zhang
    Department of Biostatistics, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark.
  • Yingjie Weng
    Quantitative Sciences Unit, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, USA.
  • Kiran K Khush
    Cardiac Transplant, and Mechanical Circulatory Support, and Department of Medicine, Section of Heart Failure, Stanford University, Stanford, California.
  • Jonathan G Zaroff
    Department of Cardiology, Kaiser Permanente San Francisco Medical Center, San Francisco, California, USA; Division of Research, Kaiser Permanente Northern California, Oakland, California, USA. Electronic address: jonathan.g.zaroff@kp.org.

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