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Kerkhof PLM, Cecere A, Tona F. TMAD enters the toolbox for evaluating selected heart transplant patients. Echocardiography 2024; 41:e15825. [PMID: 38690622 DOI: 10.1111/echo.15825] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/17/2024] [Accepted: 04/17/2024] [Indexed: 05/02/2024] Open
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Adaptation of the heart is often a blessing for the patient, but sometimes a diagnostic challenge for the responsible physician. The clinical difficulty may be enhanced when employing diagnostic tools that are hard to interpret. Ratio-based metrics are notorious in this respect, and particularly risky in the follow-up evaluation of heart transplant patients. However, measures expressed as physical units contribute to a comprehensive clinical evaluation and guide proper patient management.
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- Peter L M Kerkhof
- Department of Radiology & Nuclear Medicine, Amsterdam University Medical Centers, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
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- Department of Cardiac, Thoracic and Vascular Sciences, University of Padua, Padua, Italy
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- Department of Cardiac, Thoracic and Vascular Sciences, University of Padua, Padua, Italy
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McGiffin DC, Kure CE, Macdonald PS, Jansz PC, Emmanuel S, Marasco SF, Doi A, Merry C, Larbalestier R, Shah A, Geldenhuys A, Sibal AK, Wasywich CA, Mathew J, Paul E, Cheshire C, Leet A, Hare JL, Graham S, Fraser JF, Kaye DM. Hypothermic oxygenated perfusion (HOPE) safely and effectively extends acceptable donor heart preservation times: Results of the Australian and New Zealand trial. J Heart Lung Transplant 2024; 43:485-495. [PMID: 37918701 DOI: 10.1016/j.healun.2023.10.020] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/10/2023] [Revised: 10/08/2023] [Accepted: 10/25/2023] [Indexed: 11/04/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND Cold static storage preservation of donor hearts for periods longer than 4 hours increases the risk of primary graft dysfunction (PGD). The aim of the study was to determine if hypothermic oxygenated perfusion (HOPE) could safely prolong the preservation time of donor hearts. METHODS We conducted a nonrandomized, single arm, multicenter investigation of the effect of HOPE using the XVIVO Heart Preservation System on donor hearts with a projected preservation time of 6 to 8 hours on 30-day recipient survival and allograft function post-transplant. Each center completed 1 or 2 short preservation time followed by long preservation time cases. PGD was classified as occurring in the first 24 hours after transplantation or secondary graft dysfunction (SGD) occurring at any time with a clearly defined cause. Trial survival was compared with a comparator group based on data from the International Society of Heart and Lung Transplantation (ISHLT) Registry. RESULTS We performed heart transplants using 7 short and 29 long preservation time donor hearts placed on the HOPE system. The mean preservation time for the long preservation time cases was 414 minutes, the longest being 8 hours and 47 minutes. There was 100% survival at 30 days. One long preservation time recipient developed PGD, and 1 developed SGD. One short preservation time patient developed SGD. Thirty day survival was superior to the ISHLT comparator group despite substantially longer preservation times in the trial patients. CONCLUSIONS HOPE provides effective preservation out to preservation times of nearly 9 hours allowing retrieval from remote geographic locations.
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- David C McGiffin
- Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery and Transplantation, The Alfred, Melbourne, Australia; Department of Surgery, Central Clinical School, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia; Critical Care Research Group, Adult Intensive Care Unit, The Prince Charles Hospital, Brisbane, Australia; University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia.
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- Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery and Transplantation, The Alfred, Melbourne, Australia; Department of Surgery, Central Clinical School, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia
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- Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, St Vincent's Hospital, Sydney, Australia
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- Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, St Vincent's Hospital, Sydney, Australia
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- Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery and Transplantation, The Alfred, Melbourne, Australia; Department of Surgery, Central Clinical School, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia
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- Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery and Transplantation, The Alfred, Melbourne, Australia
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- Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery and Transplantation, The Alfred, Melbourne, Australia
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- Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Fiona Stanley Hospital, Perth, Australia
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- Department of Cardiology, Fiona Stanley Hospital, Perth, Australia
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- Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Fiona Stanley Hospital, Perth, Australia
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- Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Auckland City Hospital, Auckland, New Zealand
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- Department of Cardiology, Auckland City Hospital, Auckland, New Zealand
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- Department of Cardiology, Royal Children's Hospital, Melbourne, Australia
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- School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia
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- Department of Cardiology, The Alfred, Melbourne, Australia
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- Department of Cardiology, The Alfred, Melbourne, Australia
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- Department of Cardiology, The Alfred, Melbourne, Australia
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- Department of Surgery, Central Clinical School, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia; Critical Care Research Group, Adult Intensive Care Unit, The Prince Charles Hospital, Brisbane, Australia; University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia; St Andrews War Memorial Hospital, Brisbane, Australia
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- Department of Surgery, Central Clinical School, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia; Monash-Alfred-Baker Centre for Cardiovascular Research, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia
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Gelzinis TA, Ungerman E, Jayaraman AL, Bartels S, Bond JA, Hayanga HK, Patel B, Khoche S, Subramanian H, Ball R, Knight J, Choi C, Ellis S. The Year in Cardiothoracic Transplant Anesthesia: Selected Highlights From 2021 Part II: Cardiac Transplantation. J Cardiothorac Vasc Anesth 2023:S1053-0770(23)00339-7. [PMID: 37353423 DOI: 10.1053/j.jvca.2023.05.031] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/14/2023] [Accepted: 05/17/2023] [Indexed: 06/25/2023]
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This article spotlights the research highlights of this year that specifically pertain to the specialty of anesthesia for heart transplantation. This includes the research on recent developments in the selection and optimization of donors and recipients, including the use of donation after cardiorespiratory death and extended criteria donors, the use of mechanical circulatory support and nonmechanical circulatory support as bridges to transplantation, the effect of COVID-19 on heart transplantation candidates and recipients, and new advances in the perioperative management of these patients, including the use of echocardiography and postoperative outcomes, focusing on renal and cerebral outcomes.
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- Department of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA
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- Department of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine, Department of Critical Care Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Pheonix, AZ
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- Department of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine, Loyola University Medical Center, Maywood, IL
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- Division of Adult Cardiothoracic Anesthesiology, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY
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- Division of Cardiovascular and Thoracic Anesthesiology, Department of Anesthesiology, West Virginia University, WV
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- Department of Anesthesiology, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT
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- Department of Anesthesiology, University of California, San Diego, CA
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- Department of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA
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- Department of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA
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- Department of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA
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- Department of Anesthesiology, University of California, San Diego, CA
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- Department of Anesthesiology, University of California, San Diego, CA
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Michalski M, Haas N, Dalla Pozza R, Michel S, Fischer M, Lehner A, Rosenthal L, Jakob A, Orban M, Ulrich S. Tricuspid Annular Plane Systolic Excursion (TAPSE) correlates with mean pulmonary artery pressure especially 10 years after pediatric heart transplantation. Clin Transplant 2023; 37:e14710. [PMID: 35576323 DOI: 10.1111/ctr.14710] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/12/2021] [Revised: 04/29/2022] [Accepted: 05/10/2022] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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Tricuspid annular plane systolic excursion (TAPSE) is important in the noninvasive echocardiographic assessment of right heart function. This retrospective observational study shows correlations of TAPSE with invasive right heart catheterization parameters after pediatric heart transplantation (HTx). The study included patients after pediatric HTx with cardiac catheterizations in 2018/2019 and measurement of TAPSE (n = 52 patients with 57 examinations; 50.9% adults, 52.6% female, median age: 18.54 years). TAPSE was compared with normal values. Stepwise, linear and multiple regression were used to show influencing variables on TAPSE. Mean TAPSE z-score was -3.48 (SD: 2.25) and 68.4% of HTx-recipients showed abnormally reduced TAPSE (z-score ←2) compared to normal values. Multiple regression (p-value <0.001; corrected R2 = 0.338) showed significant correlations of time since HTx (p-value <0.001) and mPAP (p-value: 0.008) with TAPSE z-scores. Divided into subgroups (time since HTx <10 and ≥10 years), TAPSE and mPAP correlated only ≥10 years after HTx (p-value = 0.002). This study provides data of TAPSE even ≥10 years after pediatric HTx. Most patients showed a decreased TAPSE early after HTx, which improved over time. TAPSE z-scores correlated significantly with time since HTx and mPAP, especially ≥10 years post-HTx. Therefore, TAPSE must be used carefully in the early follow-up.
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- Morgana Michalski
- Department of Pediatric Cardiology and intensive care medicine, Ludwig-Maximilians-University of Munich, Germany
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- Department of Pediatric Cardiology and intensive care medicine, Ludwig-Maximilians-University of Munich, Germany
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- Department of Pediatric Cardiology and intensive care medicine, Ludwig-Maximilians-University of Munich, Germany
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- Department of Cardiac Surgery, Ludwig-Maximilians-University of Munich, Germany
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- Department of Pediatric Cardiology and intensive care medicine, Ludwig-Maximilians-University of Munich, Germany
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- Department of Pediatric Cardiology and intensive care medicine, Ludwig-Maximilians-University of Munich, Germany
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- Department of Cardiac Surgery, Ludwig-Maximilians-University of Munich, Germany
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- Department of Pediatric Cardiology and intensive care medicine, Ludwig-Maximilians-University of Munich, Germany
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- Department of Cardiology, Ludwig-Maximilians-University of Munich, Germany
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- Department of Pediatric Cardiology and intensive care medicine, Ludwig-Maximilians-University of Munich, Germany
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KK JV, Nelson LM, Fan C, Foroutan F, Gustafsson F, Billia F, Ross HJ, Alba AC. Impact of serial measurements of tricuspid annular plane systolic excursion on mortality and morbidity after heart transplantation. Clin Transplant 2022; 36:e14662. [DOI: 10.1111/ctr.14662] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/17/2021] [Revised: 03/07/2022] [Accepted: 03/31/2022] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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- Julie Vishram‐Nielsen KK
- Peter Munk Cardiac Centre University Health Network Toronto Ontario Canada
- Department of Cardiology Rigshospitalet University Hospital of Copenhagen Copenhagen Denmark
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- Department of Cardiology Rigshospitalet University Hospital of Copenhagen Copenhagen Denmark
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- Peter Munk Cardiac Centre University Health Network Toronto Ontario Canada
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- Peter Munk Cardiac Centre University Health Network Toronto Ontario Canada
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- Department of Cardiology Rigshospitalet University Hospital of Copenhagen Copenhagen Denmark
- Department of Clinical Medicine University of Copenhagen Denmark
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- Peter Munk Cardiac Centre University Health Network Toronto Ontario Canada
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- Peter Munk Cardiac Centre University Health Network Toronto Ontario Canada
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- Peter Munk Cardiac Centre University Health Network Toronto Ontario Canada
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Ingvarsson A, Gjesdal G, Borgenvik S, Werther Evaldsson A, Waktare J, Braun O, Smith GJ, Roijer A, Rådegran G, Meurling C. Impact of bridging with left ventricular assist device on right ventricular function following heart transplantation. ESC Heart Fail 2022; 9:1864-1874. [PMID: 35322594 PMCID: PMC9065852 DOI: 10.1002/ehf2.13890] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/18/2021] [Revised: 02/23/2022] [Accepted: 03/03/2022] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
Abstract
Aims Patients awaiting orthotopic heart transplantation (OHT) can be bridged utilizing a left ventricular assist device (LVAD) that reduces left ventricular filling pressures, decreases pulmonary artery wedge pressure, and maintains adequate cardiac output. This study set out to examine the poorly investigated area of if and how pre‐treatment with LVAD impacts right ventricular (RV) function following OHT. Methods and results We prospectively evaluated 59 (LVAD n = 20) consecutive OHT patients. Transthoracic echocardiography (TTE) was performed in conjunction with right heart catheterization (RHC) at 1, 6, and 12 months after OHT. RV function TTE‐parameters included tricuspid annular plane systolic excursion (TAPSE), systolic tissue velocity (S′), fractional area change, two‐dimensional RV global longitudinal strain and longitudinal strain from the RV lateral wall (RVfree). At 1 month after OHT, the LVAD group had significantly better longitudinal RV function than the non‐LVAD group: TAPSE (15 ± 3 mm vs. 12 ± 2 mm, P < 0.001), RV global longitudinal strain (−19.8 ± 2.1% vs. −14.3 ± 2.8%, P < 0.001), and RVfree (−19.8 ± 2.3% vs. −14.1 ± 2.9%, P < 0.001). At this time point, pulmonary vascular resistance (PVR) was also lower [1.2 ± 0.4 Wood Units (WU) vs. 1.6 ± 0.6 WU, P < 0.05] in the LVAD group compared with the non‐LVAD group. At 6 and 12 months, no difference was detected in any of the TTE and RHC measured parameters between the two groups. Between 1 and 12 months, all parameters of RV function improved significantly in the non‐LVAD group but remained unaltered in the LVAD group. Conclusions Our results indicate that pre‐treatment with LVAD decreases PVR and is associated with significantly better RV function early following OHT. During the first year following transplantation, RV function progressively improved in the non‐LVAD group such that at 6 and 12 months, no difference in RV function was detected between the groups.
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- Annika Ingvarsson
- Department of Clinical Sciences Lund, Cardiology, Lund University, Lund, Sweden.,The Section for Heart Failure and Valvular Disease, VO Heart and Lung Medicine, Skane University Hospital, Entrégatan 7, Lund, 221 85, Sweden
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- Department of Clinical Sciences Lund, Cardiology, Lund University, Lund, Sweden.,The Section for Heart Failure and Valvular Disease, VO Heart and Lung Medicine, Skane University Hospital, Entrégatan 7, Lund, 221 85, Sweden
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- The Section for Heart Failure and Valvular Disease, VO Heart and Lung Medicine, Skane University Hospital, Entrégatan 7, Lund, 221 85, Sweden
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- Department of Clinical Sciences Lund, Cardiology, Lund University, Lund, Sweden.,The Section for Heart Failure and Valvular Disease, VO Heart and Lung Medicine, Skane University Hospital, Entrégatan 7, Lund, 221 85, Sweden
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- Department of Clinical Sciences Lund, Cardiology, Lund University, Lund, Sweden.,The Section for Heart Failure and Valvular Disease, VO Heart and Lung Medicine, Skane University Hospital, Entrégatan 7, Lund, 221 85, Sweden
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- Department of Clinical Sciences Lund, Cardiology, Lund University, Lund, Sweden.,The Section for Heart Failure and Valvular Disease, VO Heart and Lung Medicine, Skane University Hospital, Entrégatan 7, Lund, 221 85, Sweden.,Wallenberg Center for Molecular Medicine and Lund University Diabetes Center, Lund University, Lund, Sweden.,The Wallenberg Laboratory/Department of Molecular and Clinical Medicine, Institute of Medicine, Gothenburg University and the Department of Cardiology, Sahlgrenska University Hospital, Gothenburg, Sweden
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- Department of Clinical Sciences Lund, Cardiology, Lund University, Lund, Sweden.,The Section for Heart Failure and Valvular Disease, VO Heart and Lung Medicine, Skane University Hospital, Entrégatan 7, Lund, 221 85, Sweden
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- Department of Clinical Sciences Lund, Cardiology, Lund University, Lund, Sweden.,The Section for Heart Failure and Valvular Disease, VO Heart and Lung Medicine, Skane University Hospital, Entrégatan 7, Lund, 221 85, Sweden
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- Department of Clinical Sciences Lund, Cardiology, Lund University, Lund, Sweden.,The Section for Heart Failure and Valvular Disease, VO Heart and Lung Medicine, Skane University Hospital, Entrégatan 7, Lund, 221 85, Sweden
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