New strategy for prolonging the preservation time of hearts for transplantation

Physiological Research

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 251-255

  Mesaros S ^a   Grunfeld, S ^b   Mesarosova A ^a   Malinski, T ^b  

^a SLOVAK UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Slovakia)

^b OAKLAND UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Nitric oxide; Superoxide; Tetrahydrobiopterin; Transplantation

Indexed keywords

ARGININE; BALANCED SALT SOLUTION; BRADYKININ; LUCIGENIN; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; PORPHYRIN; SUPEROXIDE; TETRAHYDROBIOPTERIN; XANTHINE; XANTHINE OXIDASE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BODY TEMPERATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOCARDIUM; HEART MUSCLE REPERFUSION; HEART PRESERVATION; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; NONHUMAN; RABBIT; SENSOR; WARMING;

ANIMALS; HEART; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; ISOTONIC SOLUTIONS; NITRIC OXIDE DONORS; ORGAN PRESERVATION SOLUTIONS; RABBITS; RATS; TIME FACTORS; TISSUE PRESERVATION;

EID: 0030868178     PISSN: 08628408     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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