Brain death and its impact on the donor heart-lessons from animal models.
Wilhelm
M J
MJ
Surgical Research Laboratory, Harvard Medical School, Department of Surgery, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA 02115, USA.
Pratschke
J
J
Laskowski
I A
IA
Paz
D M
DM
Tilney
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NL
D000818:Animals; D001926:Brain Death / Q000378:metabolism / Q000503:physiopathology; D002395:Catecholamines / Q000378:metabolism; D006321:Heart / Q000503:physiopathology; D016027:Heart Transplantation / Q000592:standards*; D006439:Hemodynamics; D006728:Hormones / Q000378:metabolism; D006801:Humans; D009206:Myocardium / Q000378:metabolism / Q000473:pathology; D013564:Sympathetic Nervous System / Q000378:metabolism / Q000503:physiopathology; D014019:Tissue Donors
D002395:Catecholamines; D006728:Hormones