Ex-vivo liver perfusion for organ preservation: Recent advances in the field

Transplantation Reviews

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 154-160

  Barbas, A S ^a   Goldaracena, N ^a   Dib, M J ^a   Selzner, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ALLOIMMUNITY; BLOOD FLOW; CELL ENERGY; CRYOPRESERVATION; EX VIVO LIVER PERFUSION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HYPOTHERMIC MACHINE PERFUSION; ISCHEMIA; LIVER CELL DAMAGE; LIVER PARENCHYMA; LIVER PERFUSION; LIVER PERFUSION DEVICE; MURINE MODEL; NONHUMAN; NORMOTHERMIC MACHINE PERFUSION; ORGAN DONOR; ORGAN PRESERVATION; ORGAN TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM; PERFUSION INFLOW; PORCINE MODEL; PRECLINICAL STUDY; REPERFUSION INJURY; REVIEW; SUBNORMOTHERMIC MACHINE PERFUSION; TISSUE OXYGENATION; DONOR; LIVER; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; PERFUSION;

HUMANS; LIVER; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; ORGAN PRESERVATION; PERFUSION; TISSUE DONORS;

EID: 84964835976     PISSN: 0955470X     EISSN: 15579816     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.trre.2016.03.002     Document Type: Review

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