[ExI] Whole-organ cryopreservation (AND RESTORATION!) successful.

[Bret Kulakovich]

Perhaps my subject wasn't well written?

Or did everyone know about the hearts in question all being perfused,  
frozen, thawed, and reperfused?



On Apr 28, 2008, at 8:58 PM, Bret Kulakovich wrote:

>
> Not to over-simplify, obviously, but this is great news.
>
> I believe the key word here is "All" rather than "rat"
>
> ~]3
>
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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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