title: Brain death and its impact on the donor heart-lessons from animal models.
authors.affiliation: Surgical Research Laboratory, Harvard Medical School, Department of Surgery, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA 02115, USA.
authors.forename: M J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Wilhelm
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Pratschke
authors.forename: I A
authors.initials: IA
authors.lastname: Laskowski
authors.forename: D M
authors.initials: DM
authors.lastname: Paz
authors.forename: N L
authors.initials: NL
authors.lastname: Tilney
mesh_terms: 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
chemical_list: D002395:Catecholamines; D006728:Hormones