Oxygenated hypothermic pulsatile perfusion versus cold static storage for kidneys from non heart-beating donors tested by in-line ATP resynthesis to establish a strategy of preservation

Only oxygenated perfusion could restore ATP in organs with warm ischemia. Initial cold static storage seems deleterious to organs having suffered from warm ischemia. Oxygenated perfusion must be introduced immediately after kidney removal from non heart-beating donors. In organs without warm ischemia, any kind of preservation is equivalent.