Conclusions
We successfully demonstrated the feasibility of echocardiographic
comprehensive functional assessment of LV function in an isolated heart
during ESHP using two different working modes. The expected LV systolic
dysfunction in the context of heart harvesting consisted of a reduction
in EF, FAC, FS and Strain throughout the experiment. SAM and the PAM
provide different LV loading conditions which is partially demonstrated
by the echocardiographic quantification, and therefore may not entirely
be fully interchangeable for functional LV assessment. Our work sets the
basis for the integration of echocardiographic imaging into an ESHP
clinical platform for a non-invasive functional heart assessment.