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Aorta: Why people get a new organ

2/27/2024, 3:12:50 PM

Highlights: New medical guidelines classify the aorta as the heart, lungs or brain. This has far-reaching consequences, including for patient care. More on the subject in Medicine: Attack on the Heart by Katrin Elger and Veronika Hackenbroch. Few organ donors in Germany: "If clinics make losses when removing organs, that is a false incentive." An interview by Franziska Schindler Cry cry cry. The main artery will be considered an organ in the future.

The main artery will be considered an organ in the future. New medical guidelines classify the aorta as the heart, lungs or brain. This has far-reaching consequences, including for patient care.


more on the subject

  • Medicine: Attack on the Heart by Katrin Elger and Veronika Hackenbroch

  • Medicine: The enemy from the puddle by Marian Blasberg and Veronika Hackenbroch

  • Few organ donors in Germany: "If clinics make losses when removing organs, that is a false incentive." An interview by Franziska Schindler

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