Reversible myocardial dysfunction after traumatic brain injury: Mechanisms and implications for heart transplantation

Progress in Transplantation

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 42-46

  Palac, Robert T ^a   Sumner, Glen ^a   Laird, Rebecca ^a   O'Rourke, Daniel J ^b  

^a DARTMOUTH HITCHCOCK MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEATH; BRAIN INJURY; CASE REPORT; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CERVICAL SPINE FRACTURE; CORONARY ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FAILURE; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; HYPOTHERMIA; MALE; MYOCARDIAL DISEASE; ORGAN DONOR; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE; SYMPATHETIC TONE;

EID: 0037334658     PISSN: 15269248     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7182/prtr.13.1.q3g22r74glgr565t     Document Type: Article

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