Determination of Cardiac Output in a Porcine Model for Ex Vivo Pulmonary PerfusionJ. Raúl Olmos-Zuñiga 1, Mariana Silva-Martínez 1, Claudia Hernández-Jiménez 2, Rogelio Jasso-Victoria 2, Matilde Baltazares-Lipp 2
1Experimental Lung Transplant Unit of the Department of Experimental Surgery, Instituto Nacional de Enfermedades Respiratorias Ismael Cosio Villegas, 2Department of Experimental Surgery, Instituto Nacional de Enfermedades Respiratorias Ismael Cosio Villegas
This protocol describes the surgical technique used for the placement of a thermodilution catheter through the jugular vein in pigs to estimate cardiac output and ensure adequate lung perfusion during ex vivo lung perfusion (EVLP).
