Preservation of porcine non-heart-beating donor livers by sequential cold storage and warm perfusion.
BACKGROUND: Normothermic perfusion has been shown to resuscitate and maintain viability of non-heart-beating donor (NHBD) livers that have undergone significant warm ischemic injury. However, the logistics of clinical organ retrieval are complex, and a period of cold storage before warm preservatio...
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| Format: | Journal article |
| Language: | English |
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2004
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