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Review
. 2015 Sep 14:2:46.
doi: 10.3389/fsurg.2015.00046. eCollection 2015.

Hearts Not Dead after Circulatory Death

Hendrik T Tevaearai Stahel  1 , Andreas Zuckermann  2 , Thierry P Carrel  1 , Sarah L Longnus  1
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Review

Hearts Not Dead after Circulatory Death

Hendrik T Tevaearai Stahel et al. Front Surg. .
No abstract available

Keywords: DCD cardiac graft; DCD heart transplantation; dconation after circulatory death; heart transplantation; marginal heart donors; non-heart beating donors.

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