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. 2012 Mar 21;7(3):e33157. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0033157

Table 1. Differentiation of survival time under each preservation condition.

Preservation condition
Time after cardiac death(h) Time(h) Temperature(°C) Preservation solution N Post-transplantation survival(day)
Experiment1 1 0 - - 5 >14, >14, >14, >14, >14
2 0 - - 5 2, 3, 3, 4, 5*
Experiment2 1 1 4 ETK 6 3, 3, 3, 4, 4, 4#
1 1 22–23 ETK 6 5, >14, >14, >14, >14, >14
1 1 37 ETK 4 2, 2, 3, 3#
1 1 4 LR 4 3, 3, 3, 4#
1 1 22–23 LR 6 2, 3, 3, 3, 4, >14#
1 2 22–23 ETK 4 2, 3, 3, 5#
Experiment3 1 1 4 UW 6 2, 2, 2, 4, 4, >14##
1 1 22–23 UW 6 2, 2, 3, 3, 3, 5#
1 1 22–23 ITK 6 5, 6, 6, 12, >14, >14
*

vs. CD1h p<0.01 using Log-Rank test.

#

vs. ETK23 p<0.01 using Log-Rank test.

##

vs. ETK23 p<0.05 using Log-Rank test.

vs. ITK23 p<0.01 using Log-Rank test.

ETK, ET-Kyoto solution; UW, University of Wisconsin solution; LR, lactate Ringer's solution; ITK, IT-Kyoto solution.