Brain death and its impact on the donor heart—lessons from animal models
MJ Wilhelm, J Pratschke, IA Laskowski… - The Journal of Heart …, 2000 - jhltonline.org
The number of patients waiting for organ transplantation and the number of donor organs
available have progressively diverged. Several different efforts are currently being
undertaken to overcome this organ shortage and several concepts have been pursued.(1)
Enhancement of donor organ quality before engraftment may enlarge the pool of available
donors and lead to better post-transplant performance.(2) Reduction of intraoperative
ischemia reperfusion injury may decrease the cellular damage to the graft and its …
available have progressively diverged. Several different efforts are currently being
undertaken to overcome this organ shortage and several concepts have been pursued.(1)
Enhancement of donor organ quality before engraftment may enlarge the pool of available
donors and lead to better post-transplant performance.(2) Reduction of intraoperative
ischemia reperfusion injury may decrease the cellular damage to the graft and its …
