Abstract | BACKGROUND: METHODS: RESULTS: CONCLUSIONS:
Brain death causes a significant loss of right and left ventricular function. These injuries are greater in the right ventricle and may contribute to early right ventricular failure after transplantation. Brain death and cardiac preservation interact significantly to impair right ventricular function further. Future studies of graft preservation should use brain-dead organ donors.
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Authors | H B Bittner, S W Kendall, E P Chen, R D Davis, P Van Trigt 3rd |
Journal | The Annals of thoracic surgery
(Ann Thorac Surg)
Vol. 60
Issue 1
Pg. 47-54
(Jul 1995)
ISSN: 0003-4975 [Print] Netherlands |
PMID | 7598620
(Publication Type: Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.)
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Topics |
- Animals
- Brain Death
(physiopathology)
- Cardiopulmonary Bypass
- Dogs
- Heart Transplantation
(physiology)
- Hemodynamics
- Myocardial Contraction
- Organ Preservation
- Postoperative Period
- Ventricular Function
(physiology)
- Ventricular Function, Left
(physiology)
- Ventricular Function, Right
(physiology)
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