Brain death and donor heart dysfunction: Implications in cardiac transplantation

Journal of Cardiac Surgery

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 98-106

  Apostolakis, Efstratios ^a   Parissis, Haralambos ^b   Dougenis, Dimitrios ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PATRAS   (Greece)

^b ST JAMES S HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATECHOLAMINE; CYTOKINE;

ADRENERGIC STIMULATION; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEATH; CORONARY ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; HEART DISEASE; HEART FUNCTION; HEART MUSCLE NECROSIS; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; LUNG CAPILLARY PRESSURE; NEUTROPHIL CHEMOTAXIS; ORGAN DONOR;

BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BRAIN DEATH; CATECHOLAMINES; HEART DISEASES; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMANS; MYOCARDIUM; NECROSIS; ORGAN PRESERVATION; RECEPTORS, ADRENERGIC, BETA; TISSUE DONORS;

EID: 73649144554     PISSN: 08860440     EISSN: 15408191     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8191.2008.00790.x     Document Type: Article

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