A Stroke in the Donor That Strikes the Recipient: Revisiting Hearts From Young Donors

J Am Coll Cardiol. 2022 Mar 22;79(11):1073-1075. doi: 10.1016/j.jacc.2022.01.013.

Authors

Sunit-Preet Chaudhry¹, Varun Sundaram², Samer Najjar³

Affiliations

¹ Division of Cardiology, St Vincent Medical Group, Indianapolis, Indiana, USA. Electronic address: [email protected].
² Department of Medicine, Louis Stokes Veteran Affairs Medical Center, Cleveland, Ohio, USA; Harrington Heart and Vascular Institute, University Hospitals and Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio, USA.
³ Division of Cardiology, MedStar Heart and Vascular Institute, MedStar Medical Group, Baltimore, Maryland, USA.

PMID: 35300819
DOI: 10.1016/j.jacc.2022.01.013

No abstract available

Keywords: CVA; brain death; heart transplantation; stroke.

Publication types

Editorial
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MeSH terms

Heart
Heart Transplantation*
Humans
Stroke* / epidemiology
Stroke* / etiology
Stroke* / prevention & control
Tissue Donors