Safe orthotopic transplantation of hearts harvested 24 hours after brain death and preserved for 24 hours

Objectives. The aim of this study was to demonstrate safe orthotopic transplantation of porcine donor hearts harvested 24 hours after brain death and preserved for 24 hours before transplantation. Design. Circulatory normalization of brain dead (decapitated) pigs was obtained using a new pharmacolo...

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Main Authors: Steen, Stig, Paskevicius, Audrius, Liao, Qiuming, Sjöberg, Trygve
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: Taylor & Francis 2016
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4898163/