[ExI] Whole-organ cryopreservation successful.

[Bret Kulakovich]

Not to over-simplify, obviously, but this is great news.

I believe the key word here is "All" rather than "rat"

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Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery

Successful restoration of function of frozen and thawed isolated rat  
hearts
http://jtcs.ctsnetjournals.org/content/vol135/issue3/

" After normothermic perfusion, cold cardioplegia was induced followed  
by perfusion with a cryoprotecting agent. Hearts were than frozen to – 
8°C (45 ± 8 minutes), thawed, and reperfused (60 minutes).

Results: All frozen and thawed hearts regained normal electric  
activity. "
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