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Selection and Management of the Donor

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The importance of well-functioning donor organs cannot be overemphasized; it is crucial to the success of a heart or lung transplant procedure. Donor organ failure contributes towards a significant number of early deaths in thoracic organ transplant patients today, and is therefore an area where improvements can still be made. Careful selection and management of the potential donor therefore remain essential.

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  1. Transplantation Biology Research Center, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston

    David K. C. Cooper MA, PhD, MD, MS, FRCS, FACC, FACS

  2. Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, Oklahoma City, USA

    David K. C. Cooper MA, PhD, MD, MS, FRCS, FACC, FACS

  3. St Louis University Health Sciences Center, St Louis, USA

    Leslie W. Miller MD, FACC

  4. Washington University School of Medicine, St Louis, USA

    G. Alexander Patterson MD, FRCS(C), FACS

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Cooper, D.K.C., Paradis, I.L. (1996). Selection and Management of the Donor. In: Cooper, D.K.C., Miller, L.W., Patterson, G.A. (eds) The Transplantation and Replacement of Thoracic Organs. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-585-34287-0_4

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