Successful retrieval and function of lungs from non-heart-beating donors

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 71, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 458-461

  Shennib, Hani ^a   Kuang, Jin Qiang ^a   Giaid, Adel ^a  

^a MONTREAL GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CADAVER; CONTROLLED STUDY; LUNG ARTERY PRESSURE; LUNG COMPLIANCE; LUNG FUNCTION; LUNG TRANSPLANTATION; LUNG VASCULAR RESISTANCE; MALE; MORPHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; ORGAN CIRCULATION; ORGAN DONOR; ORGAN PRESERVATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT; REPERFUSION;

ANIMALS; CADAVER; HUMANS; LUNG; LUNG COMPLIANCE; LUNG TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MODELS, ANIMAL; ORGAN PRESERVATION; RABBITS; TISSUE AND ORGAN HARVESTING; TISSUE SURVIVAL;

EID: 0035110169     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0003-4975(00)02144-5     Document Type: Article

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