Prolonged Preservation Of The Heart Prior To Transplantation
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Picture this. A man is involved in a severe car crash in Florida
which has left him brain-dead with no hope for any kind of recovery. The
majority of his vital organs are still functional and the man has
designated that his organs be donated to a needy person upon his untimely
death. Meanwhile, ....
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.... damaged.
Because of this preservation restriction, the donor heart is ultimately
given to someone whose tissues do not match up as well, so there is a
greatly increased chance for rejection of the organ by the recipient. As
far as the man in Oregon goes, he will probably not receive a donor heart
before his own expires.
Currently, when a heart is being prepared for transplantation, it
is simply submerged in an isotonic saline ice bath in an attempt to stop
all metabolic activ ....
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