An avoidable pitfall in donor selection for heart transplantation. Utah Heart Transplant Program.
Evaluation of potential donors for heart transplantation is an important part of any heart transplantation program. Standard guidelines are being refined constantly to expand the donor pool. We present a case of carbon monoxide poisoning that led to severe myocardial damage in the transplanted heart.
Karwande
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SV
Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, University of Utah Medical Center, Salt Lake City 84132.
Hopfenbeck
J A
JA
Renlund
D G
DG
Burton
N A
NA
Gay
W A
WA
D002249:Carbon Monoxide Poisoning / Q000473:pathology / Q000503:physiopathology*; D016027:Heart Transplantation; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009206:Myocardium / Q000473:pathology; D014019:Tissue Donors