Brain death alters cardiopulmonary hemodynamics and impairs right ventricular power reserve against an elevation of pulmonary vascular resistance

Chest

Volumn 111, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 706-711

  Bittner, Hartmuth B ^a   Chen, Edward F ^a   Kendall, Simon W H ^a   Van Trigt, Peter ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

cardiopulmonary hemodynamics; donor brain death; increased pulmonary vascular resistance; pulmonary hypertension; pulmonary impedance; right ventricular function

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEATH; CARDIOPULMONARY HEMODYNAMICS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOG; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE FAILURE; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; IMPEDANCE; LUNG BLOOD FLOW; LUNG VASCULAR RESISTANCE; NONHUMAN; ORGAN DONOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY HYPERTENSION;

EID: 0030896389     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.111.3.706     Document Type: Article

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