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.