Elevated Preoperative Serum Bilirubin Improves Reperfusion Injury and Survival Postliver Transplantation

Elevated Preoperative Serum Bilirubin Improves Reperfusion Injury and Survival Postliver Transplantation

Background. The cytoprotective effects of hemeoxygenase-1 and its product biliverdin/bilirubin are widely acknowledged in experimental transplant medicine. However, its potentially beneficial effect during organ reperfusion is not established. Methods. In a matched study, we compared markers of repe...

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Main Authors: Vinzent Spetzler, MD, Nicolas Goldaracena, MD, Johann Moritz Kaths, MD, Max Marquez, MD, Markus Selzner, MD, Nazia Selzner, MD, PhD
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer 2017-08-01
Series:Transplantation Direct
Online Access:http://journals.lww.com/transplantationdirect/fulltext/10.1097/TXD.0000000000000684

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