St. Louis School of Medicine: Long-Standing Hormone Treatment for Donated Hearts Found to Be Ineffective
November 30, 2023
November 30, 2023
ST. LOUIS, Missouri, Nov. 30 (TNSres) -- The Washington University St. Louis School of Medicine issued the following news release:
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Practice of using thyroid hormones to preserve function for transplantation may even cause harm
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Doctors managing deceased organ donors routinely treat the donors' bodies with thyroid hormones in a bid to preserve heart function and increase the quantity and quality of hearts and other organs availab . . .
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Practice of using thyroid hormones to preserve function for transplantation may even cause harm
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Doctors managing deceased organ donors routinely treat the donors' bodies with thyroid hormones in a bid to preserve heart function and increase the quantity and quality of hearts and other organs availab . . .