Prolonged simple cryothermic immersion storage of rat heart isografts: a preliminary study.
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.
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Department of Surgery, State University of New York Health Science Center, Brooklyn 11203.
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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