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Impact of donor cardiac arrest on heart transplantation

Friday, November 22, 2013

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Source Name: Surgery

Source URL: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S003960601300175X

Author(s)

Kevin W. Southerland, Anthony W. Castleberry, Judson B. Williams, Mani A. Daneshmand, Ayyaz A. Ali and Carmelo A. Milano

The authors present an analysis of outcome of heart transplantations performed with donors who experienced cardiac arrest during the assessment, comparing them to transplantation with standard donors. No differences were reported in short and long term survivals.