HEART PRESERVATION USING A CAVITARY 2-LAYER (UNIVERSITY-OF-WISCONSIN SOLUTION PERFLUOROCHEMICAL) COLD-STORAGE METHOD/

Authors
KURODA Y KAWAMURA T TANIOKA Y MORITA A HIRAOKA K MATSUMOTO S KIM Y FUJINO Y SUZUKI Y KU YS SAITOH Y
Citation
Y. Kuroda et al., HEART PRESERVATION USING A CAVITARY 2-LAYER (UNIVERSITY-OF-WISCONSIN SOLUTION PERFLUOROCHEMICAL) COLD-STORAGE METHOD/, Transplantation, 59(5), 1995, pp. 699-701
Citations number
31
Categorie Soggetti
Immunology,Surgery,Transplantation
Journal title
Transplantation → ACNP
ISSN journal
00411337
Volume
59
Issue
5
Year of publication
1995
Pages
699 - 701
Database
ISI
SICI code
0041-1337(1995)59:5<699:HPUAC2>2.0.ZU;2-2
Abstract
To reduce cold ischemic injury of the heart by supplying sufficient ox ygen to the heart during preservation, we have developed a new cavitar y, two-layer (University of Wisconsin solution/perfluorochemical) cold storage method. The oxygenation of the heart during preservation by t his method allows ATP production within the graft and makes it possibl e to extend preservation time up to 48 hr in the heterotopic rat heart transplant model.