Preservation by Desiccation of Isolated Rat Hearts for 48 Hours Using Carbon Monoxide (PCO = 4,000 hPa) and Oxygen (PO = 3,000 hPa)

It is currently said that CO has anti-inflammatory and antiapoptosis effects and it has attracted attention as a medical gas. We used CO for rat hearts and conducted a preservation experiment. We isolated rat hearts, placed them into a specially made chamber, filled the chamber with a gas mixture of...

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Main Authors: Naoyuki Hatayama, Munekazu Naito, Shuichi Hirai, Yu Yoshida, Tomohiro Kojima, Kunihiro Seki, Xiao-Kang Li, Masahiro Itoh
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SAGE Publishing 2012-03-01
Series:Cell Transplantation
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.3727/096368911X605547