Coronary Angiography During Ex-Situ Heart Perfusion in a Porcine ModelAli Akamkam 1,2,3, Vincenzo Palermo 4, Tiphaine Legrand 5, Guillaume Fadel 2,3,6, Benoît Decante 2,3, Simon Dang Van 2,3,7, Jean-Noel Andarelli 4, Valérie Furlan 5, Julien Guihaire 1,2,3,8
1Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Marie Lannelongue Hospital, Groupe Hospitalier Paris Saint Joseph, 2Laboratory of Preclinical Research, Department of Research and Innovation, Groupe Hospitalier Paris Saint Joseph, 3Inserm UMR S 999, Pulmonary Hypertension: Pathophysiology and Novel Therapies, Marie Lannelongue Hospital, Groupe Hospitalier Paris Saint Joseph, 4Department of Cardiology, Marie Lannelongue Hospital, Groupe Hospitalier Paris Saint Joseph, 5Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, AP-HP. University of Paris-Saclay, 6Department of Thoracic Surgery, Marie Lannelongue Hospital, Groupe Hospitalier Paris Saint Joseph, 7Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, University Hospital of Angers, 8University of Paris Saclay
Screening for coronary artery disease could increase the procurement of donor hearts with extended criteria. A protocol for performing reproducible coronary angiography during ex-situ heart perfusion is described herein in a porcine model.
