Table. 1:
Donor | Age | Sex | Height | Weight | Ethnicity | Time of death | Cause of death | Medical information |
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Donor 1, heart (Control) | 63 | Male | 178 cm | 60 kg | Caucasian | 2021 | Pancreatic cancer | Additional observations during autopsy: stomach hypertrophy, aspiration of gastric contents |
Donor 2, heart (Diseased) | 87 | Female | 156 cm | 65 kg | Caucasian | 2022 | Kidney failure (stage 3b) | - Ischemic heart disease associated with right coronary artery and circumflex artery occlusion (stented); inferior myocardial infarction (15 years antemortem) - Arrhythmia (atrial fibrillation) - Moderate mitral regurgitation, and tricuspid regurgitation, left ventricular ejection fraction at 55% - Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and pulmonary hamartochrondroma - Pulmonary embolism in 2012 - High blood pressure - Stented right carotid stenosis - Helicobacter pylori gastric ulcer |