Improvement of pulmonary preservation with Celsior and Perfadex: Impact of storage time on early post-ischemic lung function

Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation

Volumn 18, Issue 12, 1999, Pages 1198-1201

  Wittwer, Thorsten ^a   Wahlers, Thorsten ^a   Fehrenbach, Antonia ^a   Elki, Sebastian ^a   Haverich, Axel ^a  

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELSIOR; PERFADEX; PRESERVATION SOLUTION; PROSTACYCLIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; LUNG TRANSPLANTATION; NONHUMAN; ORGAN PRESERVATION; OXYGENATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REPERFUSION; STORAGE; TISSUE PERFUSION;

ANIMALS; BLOOD PRESSURE; CITRATES; DISACCHARIDES; ELECTROLYTES; GLUTAMATES; GLUTATHIONE; HISTIDINE; HYPERTONIC SOLUTIONS; LUNG; LUNG TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MANNITOL; ORGAN PRESERVATION; ORGAN PRESERVATION SOLUTIONS; OXYGEN; PULMONARY ARTERY; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; REPERFUSION INJURY; SOLUTIONS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0032759577     PISSN: 10532498     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1053-2498(99)00088-1     Document Type: Article

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