Editorial comment: Expanding lung donation: The use of uncontrolled non-heart beating donors

European Journal of Cardio-thoracic Surgery

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 419-420

  Cypel, Marcelo ^a   Keshavjee, Shaf ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Ex vivo lung perfusion; Heparin; Lung transplantation; Non heart beating donors

Indexed keywords

EDITORIAL; EXTRACORPOREAL OXYGENATION; GRAFT DYSFUNCTION; HEART ARREST; HEPARINIZATION; HUMAN; LUNG PERFUSION; LUNG TRANSPLANTATION; MICROTHROMBUS; NON HEART BEATING DONOR; NONHUMAN; ORGAN DONOR; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPAIN; ANIMAL; DRUG EFFECT; GRAFT SURVIVAL; NOTE;

ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; HEPARIN;

ANIMALS; ANTICOAGULANTS; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HEPARIN; LUNG TRANSPLANTATION;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84872688862     PISSN: 10107940     EISSN: 1873734X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ejcts/ezs461     Document Type: Editorial

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