. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2024 Jul 16.

Published in final edited form as: Curr Transplant Rep. 2023 Jul 17;10(3):100–109. doi: 10.1007/s40472-023-00400-w

Table 1.

Assessment capabilities of ultrasound techniques to determine cardiac allograft relative viability

Ultrasound technique	Assessment parameters	Clinical/experimental setting	Type of donor	Mode of preservation
	Myocardial thickness Valvular structure
Stress echocardiogram	Global and regional contractility	Clinical trial	In situ DBD	N/A
	Valve performance Regional wall motion
Echocardiogram	Right and/or left ventricular function	Experimental	Ex vivo DBD or DCD	Perfused in working heart mode only
Shear wave elastography	Cardiac tissue stiffness			Perfused SCS