Why the study?
Does preservation by perfusion with cold filtered plasma maintain histological structure and function in excised canine hearts?
Population
17 excised canine hearts
Comparison
Preservation by perfusion with cold filtered… vs 0 hours preservation (control)
Design
Preclinical
Follow-up
24 hours
Authors
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May inform ex vivo preservation research; leaves open translation to human heart transplantation.
Does preservation by perfusion with cold filtered plasma maintain histological structure and function in excised canine hearts?
Perfusion with cold filtered plasma provides good morphological and functional preservation of canine hearts for up to 24 hours.
Ferrans et al. (1970) studied this question.
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