Resuscitation of Non-Beating Donor Hearts Using Continuous Myocardial Perfusion: The Importance of Controlled Initial Reperfusion Satoru Osaki, MD, Kozo Ishino, MD, Yasuhiro Kotani, MD, Osami Honjo, MD, Takanori Suezawa, MD, Kazushige Kanki, MD, Shunji Sano, MD The Annals of Thoracic Surgery Volume 81, Issue 6, Pages 2167-2171 (June 2006) DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2006.01.066 Copyright © 2006 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions
Fig 1 Isolated myocardial perfusion technique. The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2006 81, 2167-2171DOI: (10.1016/j.athoracsur.2006.01.066) Copyright © 2006 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions
Fig 2 Lactate extraction before anoxia, at 1 and 5 minutes, every 10 minutes to the end of the controlled initial reperfusion, and subsequently at 30-minute intervals. *p < 0.05 versus control value. (Group I, open bars; group II, shaded bars; group III, solid bars.) The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2006 81, 2167-2171DOI: (10.1016/j.athoracsur.2006.01.066) Copyright © 2006 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions
Fig 3 Percent change in heart weight after controlled initial reperfusion (open bars) and after transplantation (solid bars). *p < 0.05 versus groups I and III. The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2006 81, 2167-2171DOI: (10.1016/j.athoracsur.2006.01.066) Copyright © 2006 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions