Familial dilated cardiomyopathy diagnosis is commonly overlooked at the time of transplant listing
Seidelmann SB, Laur O, Hwa J, Depasquale E, Bellumkonda L, Sugeng L, Pomianowski P, Testani J, Chen M, McKenna W, Jacoby D. Familial dilated cardiomyopathy diagnosis is commonly overlooked at the time of transplant listing. The Journal Of Heart And Lung Transplantation 2015, 35: 474-480. PMID: 26852066, PMCID: PMC5423783, DOI: 10.1016/j.healun.2015.12.002.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsEnd-stage heart failureStage heart failureHeart failureUNOS registryEchocardiographic findingsUNOS databaseTeaching hospitalDetailed pedigree analysisVentricular end-diastolic dimensionPanel reactive antibody levelsTertiary care teaching hospitalLarge tertiary teaching hospitalCenter-specific dataAdvanced heart failureEnd-diastolic dimensionOrgan Sharing registryMajority of patientsNon-ischemic DCMTertiary teaching hospitalMitral valve annulusDetailed family historyTransplant listingAdult patientsClinical characteristicsUNOS data