Role of sodium nitroprusside in the improvement of rat liver preservation in University of Wisconsin solution: A study in the isolated perfused liver model

Journal of Surgical Research

Volumn 87, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 201-208

  Rodriguez, Joaquín V ^b   Guibert, Edgardo E ^b   Quintana, Alejandra ^a   Scandizzi, Angel ^b   Almada, Luciana ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE ROSARIO   (Argentina)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Cold ischemia; Cold preservation; Isolated perfused liver; Sodium nitroprusside; University of Wisconsin solution

Indexed keywords

LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; NITROPRUSSIDE SODIUM; POTASSIUM; UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SOLUTION;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BILE FLOW; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYOPRESERVATION; HEMODYNAMICS; ISOLATED LIVER; LIVER CIRCULATION; LIVER FUNCTION; LIVER ISCHEMIA; LIVER PERFUSION; LIVER PRESERVATION; MALE; NONHUMAN; POTASSIUM TRANSPORT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

EID: 0033405614     PISSN: 00224804     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jsre.1999.5750     Document Type: Article

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