Massive hepatic artery atherosclerosis of an otherwise suitable donor liver: A case report

Transplantation Proceedings

Volumn 36, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 1438-1441

  Maluf, D ^b   Clark, B D ^b   Cotterell, A H ^b   Posner, M P ^b   Fisher, R A ^a  

^a VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ANEURYSM; ARTERY CALCIFICATION; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; CASE REPORT; CAUCASIAN; CELL VIABILITY; CLINICAL FEATURE; FEMALE; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEPATIC ARTERY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPERTENSION; LABORATORY TEST; LIVER BIOPSY; LIVER CELL; LIVER FUNCTION TEST; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MORBIDITY; ORGAN DONOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STEATOSIS;

AORTA, ABDOMINAL; ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; BRAIN DEATH; FEMALE; HEPATECTOMY; HEPATIC ARTERY; HUMANS; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MIDDLE AGED; TISSUE AND ORGAN HARVESTING;

EID: 3142602731     PISSN: 00411345     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.transproceed.2004.05.007     Document Type: Article

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