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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 .... Middle of Term Paper
... and doctors are currently only able to keep a donor heart
viable for four hours before the tissues become irreversibly 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 activity of that heart. This cold ... |
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