The use of marginal heart beating donor livers for transplantation in the United Kingdom

Transplantation

Volumn 84, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 70-74

  Devey, Luke R ^a   Friend, Peter J ^b   Forsythe, John L R ^c   Mumford, Lisa L ^d   Wigmore, Stephen J ^a  

^a QUEEN ELIZABETH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b JOHN RADCLIFFE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^d UK Transplant   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ischemia reperfusion injury; Liver transplantation; Marginal donor

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; FATTY LIVER; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; LIVING DONOR; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; ORGAN DONOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; RISK; UNITED KINGDOM;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADULT; CEREBRAL HEMORRHAGE; FATTY LIVER; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; LIVER; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL CONTRACTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TISSUE DONORS; TRANSPLANTS;

EID: 34447626114     PISSN: 00411337     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.tp.0000268072.04260.69     Document Type: Article

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