He said new technologies such as thoracic-abdominal normothermic regional perfusion (NRP), which allows organs to continue to be perfused at room temperature inside the donor, can help extend the time …
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Liver Transplantation
Using normothermic machine perfusion in simultaneous heart and liver transplants could save more lives
by News Sourceby News SourceMarch 26, 2024 The use of combined heart and liver transplantation (CHLT) to treat multi-organ disease and organ failure is becoming more common today, as advances in surgical techniques and …
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signature: Valerie Goodwin Newswise — In the United States, approximately 30 to 40 percent of donor hearts are ineligible for transplant due to insufficient donor function. This reduces the number …