Raffinose improves 24-hour lung preservation in low potassium dextran glucose solution: A histologic and ultrastructural analysis

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 71, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 1140-1145

  Fischer, Stefan ^a,c   Hopkinson, David ^a   Liu, Mingyao ^a,c   MacLean, Alexandra A ^a   Edwards, Vernon ^b   Cutz, Ernest ^b,c   Keshavjee, Shaf ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEXTRAN; POTASSIUM; RAFFINOSE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL INFILTRATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; GRAFT PRESERVATION; GRAFT REJECTION; LUNG ALVEOLUS CELL TYPE 2; LUNG TRANSPLANTATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

ANIMALS; CULTURE TECHNIQUES; DEXTRANS; FEMALE; GLUCOSE; LUNG; LUNG TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING TRANSMISSION; MODELS, ANIMAL; ORGAN PRESERVATION SOLUTIONS; POTASSIUM; PROBABILITY; RAFFINOSE; RATS; RATS, INBRED LEW; REFERENCE VALUES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TIME FACTORS; TISSUE PRESERVATION;

EID: 0035056143     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0003-4975(01)02426-2     Document Type: Article

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