Non-heart-beating donors

Seminars in Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 309-321

  Van Raemdonck, Dirk E M ^a,b   Rega, Filip R ^a   Neyrinck, Arne P ^a   Jannis, Nicole ^a   Verleden, Geert M ^b   Lerut, Toni E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Asystolic donor; Circulation arrested donor; Controlled donor; Ex vivo lung reperfusion; Uncontrolled donor

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCYSTEINE; ALTEPLASE; FIBRINOLYTIC AGENT; GLYCERYL TRINITRATE; HEPARIN; LUNG SURFACTANT; NITRIC OXIDE; PARACETAMOL; PERFLUORODECALIN; UROKINASE; VASODILATOR AGENT;

ASYSTOLE; BRONCHUS; CADAVER DONOR; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DEATH; EXPERIMENTATION; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEART ARREST; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; ISCHEMIA; LUNG EMBOLISM; LUNG TRANSPLANTATION; MEDICAL ETHICS; NONHUMAN; ORGAN DONOR; ORGAN PRESERVATION; PATIENT CODING; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; REPERFUSION; REPERFUSION INJURY; REVIEW; THROMBOSIS PREVENTION; WOUND HEALING;

HUMANS; LUNG TRANSPLANTATION; ORGAN PRESERVATION; REPERFUSION; REPERFUSION INJURY; RESPIRATORY INSUFFICIENCY; TISSUE AND ORGAN PROCUREMENT; TISSUE DONORS; TISSUE SURVIVAL;

EID: 11844276640     PISSN: 10430679     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/j.semtcvs.2004.09.014     Document Type: Review

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