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Figure 1 Kaplan-Meier analysis of survival plots for death in the post-transplant period (after first six months after transplantation). Persistence of left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) <50% in the post-transplant period was associated with an eight-fold increase in the rate of death. The number (%) of deaths in patients with post-transplant LVEF >50%: 6 (8%) of 72; in patients with post-transplant LVEF >40% but <50%: 10 (62%) of 16; and in patients with post-transplant LVEF <40%: 9 (60%) of 15. p < 0.0001 by the log-rank test.