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Successful heart transplantation after prolonged cardiac arrest and extracorporeal life support in organ donor–a case report

BACKGROUND: Although heart transplantation is a successful therapy for patients suffering from end-stage heart failure, the therapeutic is limited by the lack of organs. Donor cardiac arrest is a classic hindrance to heart retrieval as it raises issues on post-transplant outcomes. CASE PRESENTATION:...

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Autores principales: Arroyo, Diego, Gasche, Yvan, Banfi, Carlo, Stiasny, Brian, Bendjelid, Karim, Giraud, Raphaël
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4684616/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26682544
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13019-015-0393-8