Ultrastructure changes associated with brain death in the human donor heart

Transplant International

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 24-32

  Novitzky, D ^a   Rhodin, J ^a   Cooper, D K C ^a   Ye, Y ^a   Min, K W ^b   DeBault, L ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^b INTEGRIS BAPTIST MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Cardiac donors; Ultrastructural changes heart, brain death, Triiodothyronine

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEATH; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FEMALE; HEART INJURY; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE; HEART MUSCLE BIOPSY; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INOTROPISM; MALE; MITOCHONDRION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SARCOMERE; SCHOOL CHILD;

EID: 0031060398     PISSN: 09340874     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1432-2277.1997.tb00532.x     Document Type: Article

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