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SUBMITTER: Watson CJE
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6099221 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Aug
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
American journal of transplantation : official journal of the American Society of Transplantation and the American Society of Transplant Surgeons 20180314 8
Normothermic ex situ liver perfusion might allow viability assessment of livers before transplantation. Perfusion characteristics were studied in 47 liver perfusions, of which 22 resulted in transplants. Hepatocellular damage was reflected in the perfusate transaminase concentrations, which correlated with posttransplant peak transaminase levels. Lactate clearance occurred within 3 hours in 46 of 47 perfusions, and glucose rose initially during perfusion in 44. Three livers required higher level ...[more]