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Normothermic Ex Situ Heart Perfusion in Working Mode
 

Normothermic Ex Situ Heart Perfusion in Working Mode: Assessment of Cardiac Function and Metabolism

Article DOI: 10.3791/58430-v 09:10 min
January 12th, 2019

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Summary January 12th, 2019

Normothermic ex situ heart perfusion (ESHP), preserves the heart in a beating, semi-physiologic state. When performed in a working mode, ESHP provides the opportunity to perform sophisticated assessments of donor heart function and organ viability. Here, we describe our method for myocardial performance evaluation during ESHP.

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