Should lungs from donors with severe acute pulmonary embolism be accepted for transplantation? The Hannover experience

Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery

Volumn 126, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 1641-1643

  Fischer, Stefan ^a   Gohrbandt, Bernhard ^a   Meyer, Anna ^a   Simon, Andre R ^a   Haverich, Axel ^a   Strüber, Martin ^a  

^a HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTERIAL GAS; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BRAIN DEATH; CAUSE OF DEATH; EDEMA; GRAFT FAILURE; HEALTH STATUS; HEMODYNAMIC MONITORING; HUMAN; HYPOXIA; INTENSIVE CARE; LUNG ARTERY PRESSURE; LUNG ASPIRATION; LUNG EMBOLISM; LUNG EMPHYSEMA; LUNG PERFUSION; LUNG TRANSPLANTATION; LUNG VENTILATION; MUCUS; ORGAN DONOR; PATIENT MONITORING; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY HYPERTENSION; RECIPIENT; REPERFUSION INJURY; SEPSIS;

EID: 0344062801     PISSN: 00225223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-5223(03)00952-8     Document Type: Article

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