High-energy phosphates and the human donor heart.
Biochemical assessment of energy stores has helped myocardial protection for general cardiac surgery and transplantation. This paper reviews the rationale of energy metabolism evaluation and speculates on the extent to which high energy phosphates can be used in human donor heart assessment and preservation.
Stoica
Serban C
SC
Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Papworth Hospital, Cambridge CB3 8RE, United Kingdom. serbanstoica@hotmail.com
D016027:Heart Transplantation; D006801:Humans; D009206:Myocardium / Q000378:metabolism*; D010710:Phosphates / Q000378:metabolism*; D014019:Tissue Donors
D010710:Phosphates