Incidence, Risk Factors and Outcomes of Early Acute Kidney Injury After Heart Transplantation: An 18-year Experience.

Background: Little is known about the incidence of acute kidney injury (AKI), as defined using the Kidney Disease Improving Global Outcome classification, after heart transplantation (HT). Our objective was to evaluate the impact of AKI in a cohort of HT recipients. (Setting: University Hospital.

Evaluation of right ventricular function after cardiac surgery: The importance of tricuspid annular plane systolic excursion and right ventricular ejection fraction.

Objective: The evaluation of right ventricular systolic function is essential to the hemodynamic management of critically ill cardiac patients. Nevertheless, assessment of right ventricular function remains problematic. We sought to analyze the correlation between tricuspid annular plane systolic excursion (TAPSE) and right ventricular ejection fraction (RVEF) in the assessment of global and regional right ventricular function, respectively.