Association between routine measures of graft function and mortality in heart transplant recipients

OBJECTIVE: To date, long-term graft dysfunction, an important cause of death after heart transplantation, has been defined as a left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) of ≤40% or right atrial pressure (RAP) of ≥15 mm Hg. Empirical associations between measures of cardiac function and mortality post-transplant remain, however, unestablished. METHODS: We conducted a retrospective two-centre cohort study of consecutive adults who underwent heart …