Brain Death Effects on Catecholamine Levels and Subsequent Cardiac Damage Assessed in Organ Donors

Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation

Volumn 28, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 815-820

  Pérez López, Silvia ^a   Otero Hernández, Jesús ^a   Vázquez Moreno, Natalia ^a   Escudero Augusto, Dolores ^a   Álvarez Menéndez, Francisco ^a   Astudillo González, Aurora ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO CENTRAL DE ASTURIAS   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; CATECHOLAMINE; DOPAMINE; NORADRENALIN;

ADULT; AGED; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEATH; CATECHOLAMINE RELEASE; CELL INFILTRATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEART INJURY; HEART MUSCLE CELL; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HORMONE DETERMINATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; ORGAN DONOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BRAIN DEATH; CATECHOLAMINES; FEMALE; HEART DISEASES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TISSUE DONORS;

EID: 67650738510     PISSN: 10532498     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.healun.2009.04.021     Document Type: Article

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