Non-heart beating organ donation: Overview and future perspectives

Transplant International

Volumn 20, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 567-575

  Moers, Cyril ^a   Leuvenink, Henri G D ^a   Ploeg, Rutger J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Donor management; Future perspectives; Non heart beating; Organ preservation; Recipient management; Transplantation

Indexed keywords

BRAIN DEATH; CADAVER DONOR; CADAVER KIDNEY; CRYOPRESERVATION; DELAYED GRAFT FUNCTION; GRAFT PATENCY; HEART ARREST; HEART DEATH; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; ORGAN PRESERVATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECIPIENT; REVIEW;

COLD ISCHEMIA; HEART ARREST; HUMANS; ORGAN PRESERVATION; PATIENT SELECTION; TISSUE AND ORGAN PROCUREMENT; TISSUE DONORS; WARM ISCHEMIA;

EID: 34249904408     PISSN: 09340874     EISSN: 14322277     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1432-2277.2007.00455.x     Document Type: Review

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