Uncontrolled donors with controlled reperfusion after sixty minutes of asystole: a novel reliable resource for kidney transplantation.

BACKGROUND: Organ shortage leads to usage of kidneys from donors after sudden cardiac death, or uncontrolled donors (UDCD). Ischemic injury due to cessation of circulation remains a crucial problem that limits adoption of UDCD. Our clinical investigation was to determine the applicability of kidneys...

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Main Authors: Oleg N Reznik, Andrei E Skvortsov, Alexander O Reznik, Alexey N Ananyev, Alexey P Tutin, Denis O Kuzmin, Sergey F Bagnenko
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3667838?pdf=render