Getting to yes for the donor heart

Transplantation

Volumn 89, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 809-810

  Dark, John ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

BRAIN DEATH; CLINICAL RESEARCH; DONOR SELECTION; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART FUNCTION; HEART GRAFT; HEART HEMODYNAMICS; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE HYPERTROPHY; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMAN; NOTE; ORGAN DONOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY ARTERY CATHETER; SURVIVAL;

CATHETERIZATION, SWAN-GANZ; DONOR SELECTION; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMANS; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; STROKE VOLUME; SYSTOLE; THYROID FUNCTION TESTS; TIME FACTORS; TISSUE DONORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TRIIODOTHYRONINE; VENTRICULAR FUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 77950941664     PISSN: 00411337     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/TP.0b013e3181cfe904     Document Type: Note

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