Improved cardiac preservation by the addition of nitroglycerine to colloid-free University of Wisconsin solution (MUW)

Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation

Volumn 18, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 769-774

  Baxter, Kirsty ^a   Howden, Brian ^a   Saunder, Alan ^a   Jablonski, Paula ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARDIOPLEGIC AGENT; GLYCERYL TRINITRATE; UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SOLUTION;

ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; HEART; HEART FUNCTION; MALE; NONHUMAN; ORGAN PRESERVATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

ADENOSINE; ALLOPURINOL; ANIMALS; CRYOPRESERVATION; DRUG COMBINATIONS; GLUTATHIONE; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HEART; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEART RATE; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; INSULIN; MALE; MYOCARDIAL CONTRACTION; NITROGLYCERIN; ORGAN PRESERVATION; ORGAN PRESERVATION SOLUTIONS; RAFFINOSE; RATS; RATS, INBRED STRAINS; VENTRICULAR PRESSURE;

EID: 0032880458     PISSN: 10532498     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1053-2498(99)00005-4     Document Type: Article

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