The Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation
Volume 29, Issue 9 , Pages 957-965 , September 2010

Is stress cardiomyopathy the underlying cause of ventricular dysfunction associated with brain death?

  • Marius Berman, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Papworth Hospital, Cambridge, United Kingdom
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  • Ayyaz Ali, MRCS

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Papworth Hospital, Cambridge, United Kingdom
    • ,
  • Euan Ashley, PhD, MD, FRCP

      Affiliations

    • Stanford University School of Medicine, Palo Alto California
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  • Darren Freed, PhD, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Surgery, University of Manitoba Medical School, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
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  • Kieran Clarke, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Physiology, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom
    • ,
  • Steven Tsui, MD, FRCS

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Papworth Hospital, Cambridge, United Kingdom
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  • Jayan Parameshwar, FRCP

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Papworth Hospital, Cambridge, United Kingdom
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  • Stephen Large, FRCP, FRCS

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Papworth Hospital, Cambridge, United Kingdom
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests: Stephen Large, FRCP, FRCS, Consultant Cardiothoracic Surgeon, Papworth Hospital, Papworth Everard, Cambridge CB23 3RE, UK. Telephone: ++44-1480-830541. Fax: ++44-1480-364334

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doi: 10.1016/j.healun.2010.04.008

The Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation
Volume 29, Issue 9 , Pages 957-965 , September 2010

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