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Wait, treat and see: echocardiographic monitoring of brain-dead potential donors with stunned heart

BACKGROUND: Heart transplantation is limited by a severe donor organ shortage. Potential donors with brain death (BD) and left ventricular dysfunction due to neurogenic stunning are currently excluded from donation – although such abnormalities can be reversible with aggressive treatment including H...

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Autores principales: Casartelli, Marilena, Bombardini, Tonino, Simion, Davide, Gaspari, Maria Grazia, Procaccio, Francesco
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2012
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3439356/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22721412
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1476-7120-10-25