Study of Health in Pomerania Pomeranian adult population. In the Northeast of Germany nearly 50% - 60% indicate these diseases. SHIP is the first population based cohort study worldwide which includes whole-body MRI. The aims of the following main whole body-MRI study are: (1)To provide prevalence estimates for different MR findings in a general adult population. (2)To establish population-based MRI reference parameters for various organs and organ parts such as left and right ventricular size or volume of liver, spleen, kidney, prostate, and brain structures . Clinical MR reference parameters currently in use were derived from small, nonrepresentative samples and are thus prone to selection
Transplantable organs and tissues Transplantable organs and tissues Transplantable organs and tissues may both refer to organs and tissues that are relatively often or routinely transplanted (here "main organs and tissues"), as well as relatively seldom transplanted organs and tissues and ones on the experimental stage. "Heart transplantation" is performed on patients with end-stage heart failure or severe coronary artery disease. The most common procedure is to take a working heart from a recently deceased organ donor (allograft) and implant it into the patient. The patient's own heart may either be removed (orthotopic procedure) or, less commonly, left in to support the donor heart