The cardiac transplant donor: Identification, assessment, and management

American Journal of the Medical Sciences

Volumn 314, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 153-163

  Van Bakel, Adrian B ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Donor management; Heart transplantation; Organ donor

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN DEATH; DIABETES INSIPIDUS; FLUID BALANCE; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HEMODYNAMIC MONITORING; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPOTHERMIA; INFORMED CONSENT; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; VALVULAR HEART DISEASE;

EID: 0030770057     PISSN: 00029629     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000441-199709000-00004     Document Type: Article

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