Out of the ice age: Preservation of cardiac allografts with a reusable 10 °C cooler

• DOI: 10.1016/j.xjon.2024.08.005
• Publication Date: 2024-08-23T11:03:09Z
• Authors: John M. Trahanas; Timothy Harris; Mark Petrovic; Anthony Dreher; Chetan Pasrija; Stephen A. DeVries; Swaroop Bommareddi; Brian Lima; Chen Chia Wang; Michael Cortelli; Avery Fortier; Kaitlyn Tracy; Elizabeth Simonds; Clifton D. Keck; Shelley R. Scholl; Hasan Siddiqi; Kelly Schlendorf; Matthew Bacchetta; Ashish S. Shah

Static cold storage with ice has been the mainstay of cardiac donor preservation. Early preclinical data suggest that allograft preservation at 10 °C may be beneficial. We tested this hypothesis by using a static device to preserve and transport allografts.