THE TISSUE HYDRATION STATE IN UW-PRESERVED HUMAN DONOR LIVERS

Autor: H. P. Deketh, R. F. E. Wolf, Willem Sluiter, G. Den Butter, R. L. Kamman, Maarten J.H. Slooff
Rok vydání: 1994
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Zdroj: Transplantation. 57:1189-1194
ISSN: 0041-1337
Popis: To determine the relation between tissue hydration state-as indicated by tissue proton magnetic resonance relaxation times-in UW-preserved human donor livers and viability parameters of the donor and early graft function, ''ex vivo'' magnetic resonance relaxometry was performed with a clinical MR imaging system. Relaxometric data were obtained from MR images in which signal intensities were directly proportional to T-1 and T-2. Forty three subsequently transplanted livers and five discarded livers were studied. The donor serum concentrations of direct and total bilirubin had a positive correlation with T-1 (P
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