Apoptosis in right-ventricle biopsy is not predictive of graft survival

Transplant International

Volumn 17, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 362-365

  Chalabreysse, L ^a   Leroux, C ^b   Obadia, J F ^a   Greenland, T ^b   Thivolef Bejui, F ^a   Mornex, J F ^b  

^a LOUIS PRADEL HOSPITAL   (France)

^b University Lyon i   (France)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Brain dead donors; Cardiac transplantation; Graft survival

Indexed keywords

CASPASE; CASPASE 3; DNA FRAGMENT;

ADULT; AGED; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEATH; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HEART DISEASE; HEART MUSCLE BIOPSY; HEART MUSCLE CELL; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; ORGAN DONOR; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BIOPSY; BRAIN DEATH; CASPASE 3; CASPASES; DNA FRAGMENTATION; FEMALE; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HEART VENTRICLES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIUM; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; TISSUE DONORS;

EID: 4544354936     PISSN: 09340874     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1432-2277.2004.tb00455.x     Document Type: Article

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