The Effect of Increasing Donor Age on Myocardial Ischemic Tolerance in a Rodent Model of Donation After Circulatory Death

Background. Hearts from older donors or procured via donation after circulatory death (DCD) can alleviate transplant waitlist; however, these hearts are particularly vulnerable to injury caused by warm ischemic times (WITs) inherent to DCD. This study investigates how the combination of increasing d...

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Main Authors: Jeanette E. Villanueva, PhD, Hong C. Chew, MBBS, PhD, Ling Gao, PhD, Aoife Doyle, MSc(Eng), Sarah E. Scheuer, BMedSci, MD, Mark Hicks, PhD, Andrew Jabbour, MBBS, FRACP, PhD, Kumud K. Dhital, BM.BCh, FRACS, PhD, Peter S. Macdonald, MBBS, FRACP, MD, PhD
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer 2021-06-01
Series:Transplantation Direct
Online Access:http://journals.lww.com/transplantationdirect/fulltext/10.1097/TXD.0000000000001148