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Brain death organ donor supported by a left ventricular assist device showing unexpected congestive liver fibrosis: A case report

INSTRUCTION: Organ transplantation from a brain death donor on mechanical circulatory support is rare. We report a case in which a brain death donor, supported by a left ventricular assist device (LVAD), unexpectedly displayed significant congestive fibrosis of the liver. PRESENTATION OF CASE: The p...

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Autores principales: Kamei, Hideya, Komagome, Masahiko, Kurata, Nobuhiko, Ogiso, Satoshi, Onishi, Yasuharu, Hara, Takanobu, Takatsuki, Mitsuhisa, Eguchi, Susumu, Ogura, Yasuhiro
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5994737/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29729610
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijscr.2018.04.026