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Expanding the Donor Pool With Normothermic Ex Vivo Liver Perfusion: The Future Is Now
Author(s) -
Barbas A. S.,
Knechtle S. J.
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
american journal of transplantation
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.89
H-Index - 188
eISSN - 1600-6143
pISSN - 1600-6135
DOI - 10.1111/ajt.13959
Subject(s) - medicine , ex vivo , perfusion , machine perfusion , in vivo , liver transplantation , surgery , transplantation , microbiology and biotechnology , biology
By reducing the preservation injury incurred by cold storage and facilitating a period of organ evaluation, normothermic ex vivo liver perfusion may provide an avenue for increasing the utilization of donation after cardiac death steatotic and advanced age livers for transplantation. See the brief communication from Mergental et al on page 3235.