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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2012 Feb 8.
Published in final edited form as: Am J Physiol Regul Integr Comp Physiol. 2004 Jan 29;286(5):R874–R880. doi: 10.1152/ajpregu.00391.2003

Table 2.

Donor information

PT No. Assay Date Sex Age, yr Hours Post Admit Date Harvest Date (Life Support Duration) History
1 1996/12/03 NA NA NA NA NA NA
2 1997/07/14 M 23 NA NA 1997/07/12 (21:00) Head trauma
3 2000/04/14 M 21 11.5 2000/04/11 2000/04/14 (1:17) Head trauma
4 2000/04/20 M 47 23.5 2000/04/15 2000/04/19 (6:52) CVA
5 2000/05/19 M 35 17.5 2000/05/17 2000/05/17 (19:32) Gun shot wound
6 2000/07/08 M 22 13.5 2000/07/6 2000/07/07 (5:37) Gun shot wound
7 2001/01/16 F 69 16 2001/01/14 2001/01/15 (15:45) Mitral valve prolapse
8 2001/01/22 F 43 16 2001/01/19 2001/01/21 (21:08) Hypertension; Crohn's; chronic sinusitis

Hours Post, time the tissue was on ice in transport media between the time of organ harvest and the in vitro assay. Life support duration indicates hours:minutes that the donor was on life support between declaration of brain death and organ harvest. CVA, cerebral vascular accident. NA, not available.