Transplantation of lungs from non-heart-beating donors after functional assessment ex vivo

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 76, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 244-252

  Steen, Stig ^a   Liao, Qiuming ^a   Wierup, Per N ^a   Bolys, Ramunas ^a   Pierre, Leif ^a   Sjöberg, Trygve ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

HEPARIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTERIAL GAS; ARTICLE; CENTRAL VENOUS CATHETER; CONTROLLED STUDY; COOLING; EVALUATION; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HEART LUNG TRANSPLANTATION; HEART VENTRICLE FIBRILLATION; ISCHEMIA; LUNG FUNCTION; LUNG RESECTION; LUNG VASCULAR RESISTANCE; NONHUMAN; OBSERVATION; ORGAN DONOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECIPIENT; RESUSCITATION;

ANIMALS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; GRAFT REJECTION; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HEMODYNAMIC PROCESSES; LUNG COMPLIANCE; LUNG TRANSPLANTATION; ORGAN PRESERVATION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PULMONARY GAS EXCHANGE; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION TESTS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SWINE; TISSUE DONORS; TRANSPLANTATION, HOMOLOGOUS;

EID: 0037999920     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0003-4975(03)00191-7     Document Type: Article

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