Be Still, My Beating Heart

Be Still My Beating Heart Update on the Beta Blocker Controversy

Be Still My Heart: Determinants of Support for Capital Punishment Attitudes

...............................................................................................................................v Introduction..........................................................................................................................1 A History of Supreme Court Jurisprudence, Public Opinion, and the Death Penalty .........2 Public Opinion on the Death Penalty.........

Non-heart beating donors.

BACKGROUND Several groups have demonstrated that non-heart beating donation is a viable source of organs for transplantation. However, the theoretically worse graft function and survival of the kidneys obtained from non-heart beating donors (NHBDs) is still a matter of debate that has led to consider them as marginal donors for kidney transplantation. METHODS In this report, we compare the ou...

[Should biatrial heart transplantation still be performed?: A Meta-analysis].

The outcomes of total and bicaval heart transplantation techniques are better than those of the biatrial technique; however, the latter is still considered the gold-standard. The objective of this study was to determine whether the total and bicaval heart transplantation techniques are, in fact, better than the biatrial technique. A systematic review with meta-analysis was carried out. Studies ...

Non-heart-beating organ donation

Transplantation programmes throughout the world are struggling to maintain current levels of organ donation. Transplant waiting lists continue to rise and the resulting deficit is growing year on year. Cadaveric heart-beating donation (HBD), where death is confirmed after brain stem testing, still provides the majority of organs. Over the past 10 yr this type of donation has fallen by approxima...