Open AccessVariable effects of explosive or gradual increase of intracranial pressure on myocardial structure and function.
Author(s) -
Bharati Shivalkar,
Johan van Loon,
Werner Wieland,
Tikma Tjandra-Maga,
Μ. Borgers,
C. Plets,
W. Flameng
Publication year - 1993
Publication title -
circulation
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 7.795
H-Index - 607
eISSN - 1524-4539
pISSN - 0009-7322
DOI - 10.1161/01.cir.87.1.230
Subject(s) - medicine , brain dead , cardiology , anesthesia , intracranial pressure , epinephrine , transplantation
Studies done in potential donors for heart transplantation and in experimental animals have suggested that brain death can have major histopathological and functional effects on the myocardium.
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