Assessment of the potential heart donor: A role for biomarkers?

Journal of the American College of Cardiology

Volumn 56, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 352-361

  Dronavalli, Vamsidhar B ^a,b   Banner, Nicholas R ^c   Bonser, Robert S ^a,b  

^a QUEEN ELIZABETH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^c HAREFIELD HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

biomarkers; donor assessment; heart transplantation

Indexed keywords

BRAIN NATRIURETIC PEPTIDE; CELL PROTEIN; INTERLEUKIN 6; PROCALCITONIN; TROPONIN; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; CALCITONIN;

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY MONITORING; GRAFT FAILURE; GRAFT RECIPIENT; HEART BEAT; HEART FAILURE; HEART FUNCTION; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMAN; ORGAN DONOR; PATIENT IDENTIFICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE; ARTICLE; DONOR; DONOR SELECTION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; RISK; TRANSPLANTATION;

BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CALCITONIN; DONOR SELECTION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART FAILURE; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMANS; INTERLEUKIN-6; NATRIURETIC PEPTIDE, BRAIN; RISK; TISSUE AND ORGAN PROCUREMENT; TISSUE DONORS; TROPONIN; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR-ALPHA;

EID: 77955292223     PISSN: 07351097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jacc.2010.02.055     Document Type: Review

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