Non-heartbeating donors: Special considerations for procurement and preservation in liver transplantation

Current Opinion in Organ Transplantation

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 101-104

  Manzarbeitia, Cosme ^a   Reich, David J ^a  

^a ALBERT EINSTEIN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Allograft function; Donation after cardiac death; Surgical technique

Indexed keywords

BILIARY TRACT DISEASE; BRAIN DEATH; CADAVER DONOR; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEART DEATH; HUMAN; LIVER FUNCTION; LIVER ISCHEMIA; LIVER PRESERVATION; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; REVIEW; SAFETY; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 21044447377     PISSN: 10872418     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.mot.0000163044.71825.01     Document Type: Review

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