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SUBMITTER: Gao Z
PROVIDER: S-EPMC9164386 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Mar
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Gao Zhe Z Namsrai Baterdene B Han Zonghu Z Joshi Purva P Rao Joseph Sushil JS Ravikumar Vasanth V Sharma Anirudh A Ring Hattie L HL Idiyatullin Djaudat D Magnuson Elliott C EC Iaizzo Paul A PA Tolkacheva Elena G EG Garwood Michael M Rabin Yoed Y Etheridge Michael M Finger Erik B EB Bischof John C JC
Advanced materials technologies 20211001 3
To extend the preservation of donor hearts beyond the current 4-6 h, this paper explores heart cryopreservation by vitrification-cryogenic storage in a glass-like state. While organ vitrification is made possible by using cryoprotective agents (CPA) that inhibit ice during cooling, failure occurs during convective rewarming due to slow and non-uniform rewarming which causes ice crystallization and/or cracking. Here an alternative, "nanowarming", which uses silica-coated iron oxide nanoparticles ...[more]