title: Prolonged simple cryothermic immersion storage of rat heart isografts: a preliminary study.
abstract: In order to extend preservation time for heart transplant, cryothermic immersion storage was studied in a rat heart isograft model. Rat hearts preserved at -2 to 0 degrees C for up to 96 h were successfully transplanted with no deleterious effects noted on defrosting and reperfusion with long-term survival beyond 60 days of transplant.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, State University of New York Health Science Center, Brooklyn 11203.
authors.forename: Z K
authors.initials: ZK
authors.lastname: Ding
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Sumrani
authors.forename: J H
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Hong
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D015925:Cryopreservation / Q000379:methods*; D005260:Female; D006085:Graft Survival / Q000502:physiology; D016027:Heart Transplantation / Q000379:methods*; D009926:Organ Preservation / Q000379:methods*; D051381:Rats; D011917:Rats, Inbred Lew; D013997:Time Factors; D014185:Transplantation, Isogeneic