Combating Donor Organ Shortage: Organ Care System Prolonging Organ Storage Time and Improving the Outcome of Heart Transplantations
Introduction. Cardiovascular diseases are the number one cause of death globally contributing to 37% of all global deaths. A common complication of cardiovascular disease is heart failure, where, in such cases, the only solution would be to conduct a heart transplant. Every 10 minutes a new patient...
Main Authors: | Angela Felicia Sunjaya, Anthony Paulo Sunjaya |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Hindawi-Wiley
2019-01-01
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Series: | Cardiovascular Therapeutics |
Online Access: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2019/9482797 |
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