Endothelin-1 and big-endothelin concentrations are elevated in liver graft tissue during cold storage and reperfusion

European Surgical Research

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 1-7

  Kraus, Thomas W ^a   Golling, M ^b   Mehrabi, A ^b   Fernandes, L ^b   Angelescu, Michaela ^b   Gebhard, Martha Maria ^b   Herfarth, C ^b   Klar, E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Big endothelin; Endothelin; Hepatic microcirculation; Liver transplantation; Orthotopic liver transplantation

Indexed keywords

BIG ENDOTHELIN 1; ENDOTHELIN 1;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYOPRESERVATION; LIVER BIOPSY; LIVER CIRCULATION; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; TISSUE PERFUSION;

ANIMALS; CRYOPRESERVATION; ENDOTHELIN-1; ENDOTHELINS; LIVER; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; OSMOLAR CONCENTRATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PROTEIN PRECURSORS; REPERFUSION; SWINE;

EID: 0035003576     PISSN: 0014312X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000049685     Document Type: Article

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