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PROBLEMS ASSOCIATED WITH SURVIVAL AFTER PIG‐LIVER PERFUSION
Author(s) -
Harris Michael J.,
Beveridge John
Publication year - 1969
Publication title -
medical journal of australia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.904
H-Index - 131
eISSN - 1326-5377
pISSN - 0025-729X
DOI - 10.5694/j.1326-5377.1969.tb107127.x
Subject(s) - myalgia , heterologous , perfusion , liver perfusion , lung , liver failure , medicine , cardiology , biology , biochemistry , gene
The case presented illustrates a probable Immunological reaction characterized by fever, cardiomegaly and heart failure, lung involvement and myalgia, which was severe, progressive and potentially fatal, occurring 11 weeks after heterologous liver perfusion. It seems likely that this reaction was a direct consequence of that procedure.