Chapter 1
Normothermic Machine Perfusion of the Liver

1.1 Introduction 1.1.1 Organ Preservation 1.1.2 Cold Storage Preservation 1.1.3 Normothermic Machine Perfusion 1.1.4 Viability Testing 1.1.5 Experimental Data 1.1.6 Other Fields of Application 1.2 Experimental Design 1.2.1 Materials 1.2.2 Methods 1.2.3 Parameters 1.3 Data Acquisition—Anticipated Results and Interpretation 1.3.1 Oxygenation/Blood Gas Analysis 1.3.2 Pressure Profile 1.3.3 Laboratory Values 1.3.4 Histology 1.3.5 Immunohistochemistry 1.3.6 Transplantation 1.4 Discussion, Commentary, References

Chapter 2
Heart Preservation: Conventional Versus Novel Techniques

2.1		Introduction
2.1.1		Cold Storage
2.1.2		Continuous Perfusion of the Donor Heart
2.1.3		Hypothermic Continuous Perfusion
2.1.4		Potential Advantages of CP
2.1.5		Genetic Therapy: Targeting the Donor Heart
2.1.6		Disadvantages of CP
2.2		Materials and Methods
2.2.1		Materials
2.2.2		Graft Assessment
2.2.3		Autograft/Allograft Models
2.3		Discussion and Commentary
2.4		Summary Points, References

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