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Journal of Transplantation
Volume 2018 (2018), Article ID 9739236, 9 pages
https://doi.org/10.1155/2018/9739236
Review Article

Mending a Broken Heart: Treatment of Stress-Induced Heart Failure after Solid Organ Transplantation

N. Thao Galván,1 Kayla Kumm,1 Michael Kueht,1 Cindy P. Ha,1 Dor Yoeli,1 Ronald T. Cotton,1 Abbas Rana,1 Christine A. O’Mahony,1 Glenn Halff,2 and John A. Goss1

1Division of Abdominal Transplantation and Hepatobiliary Surgery, Baylor College of Medicine, 6620 Main Street, Suite 1425, Houston, TX 77030, USA
2University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, UT Transplant Center, 4502 Medical Drive, San Antonio, TX 78229, USA

Correspondence should be addressed to N. Thao Galván; ude.mcb@navlag.oaht

Received 21 August 2017; Revised 3 December 2017; Accepted 14 December 2017; Published 18 February 2018

Academic Editor: Andreas Zuckermann

Copyright © 2018 N. Thao Galván et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

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