The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
Volume 139, Issue 4 , Pages 1057-1063 , April 2010

Prolonged donor heart preservation with pinacidil: The role of mitochondria and the mitochondrial adenosine triphosphate–sensitive potassium channel

  • Liuqing Yang, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Anesthesiology, Zunyi Medical College, Zunyi, China
    • Subei People's Hospital of Jiangsu Province, Yangzhou, China
    • ,
  • Tian Yu, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Anesthesiology, Zunyi Medical College, Zunyi, China
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress for reprints: Tian Yu, MD, PhD, Department of Anesthesiology, Zunyi Medical College, Dalian road 201, Zunyi City, 563000, Guizhou Province, People's Republic of China.

Received 2 April 2009 ,Revised 28 September 2009 ,Accepted 25 October 2009.

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 Supported by the Chinese National Natural Science Foundation (no. 30460132).

 Disclosures: None.

PII: S0022-5223(09)01409-3

doi: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2009.10.042

The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
Volume 139, Issue 4 , Pages 1057-1063 , April 2010

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