Open AccessNormothermic Ex Vivo Kidney Perfusion Reduces Warm Ischemic Injury of Porcine Kidney Grafts Retrieved After Circulatory Death
Author(s) -
Mátyás Hamar,
Peter Urbanellis,
Moritz Kaths,
Dagmar Kollmann,
Ivan Linares,
Sujani Ganesh,
Aryn Wiebe,
Jun Yu Cen,
Paul M. Yip,
Rohan John,
Ana Konvalinka,
István Mucsi,
Anand Ghanekar,
Darius Bägli,
David Grant,
Lisa A. Robinson,
Markus Selzner
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
transplantation
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.45
H-Index - 204
eISSN - 1534-6080
pISSN - 0041-1337
DOI - 10.1097/tp.0000000000002245
Subject(s) - medicine , machine perfusion , kidney , ex vivo , cold storage , kidney transplantation , transplantation , creatinine , ischemia , perfusion , urology , renal function , circulatory system , viaspan , reperfusion injury , anesthesia , surgery , in vivo , biology , liver transplantation , microbiology and biotechnology , horticulture
Cold storage is poorly tolerated by kidney grafts retrieved after donation after circulatory death. It has been determined that normothermic ex vivo kidney perfusion (NEVKP) preservation decreases injury by minimizing cold ischemic storage. The impact of NEVKP on warm ischemic injury is unknown.