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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2009 Mar 2.
Published in final edited form as: Eur J Cardiothorac Surg. 2008 Jun 6;34(2):318–325. doi: 10.1016/j.ejcts.2008.03.043

Fig. 2.

Fig. 2

Weight gain during ex vivo MP (measured as a % of baseline weight) for hearts perfused at a constant, non-variable perfusion pressure and hearts perfused with biologically variable perfusion pressure. By mimicking physiologic perfusion pressures, biologically variable perfusion significantly reduces weight gain during ex vivo preservation.