Skip to main content
. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2020 Mar 1.
Published in final edited form as: Acad Radiol. 2018 Jul 24;26(3):404–411. doi: 10.1016/j.acra.2018.05.022

Figure 4. Conceptual framework of EVLP.

Figure 4

Images at the top of the figure demonstrate the variation in organ injury from minimal on the far left to severe at the far right. The goal of EVLP is to make more organs available for transplant by extending the evaluation of less ideal organs and demonstrating adequate function for transplantation (arrow depicts the level of risk being shifted to the right by EVLP). The means of determining adequate function for transplantation is demonstrated in the bottom table. Abbreviations: PVR, pulmonary vascular resistance; Pap, Peak airway pressure; Cstat, static compliance; Cdyn, dynamic compliance; ∆P/F; difference in partial pressure of oxygen in the perfusate between the left atrium (oxygenated) and pulmonary artery (deoxygenated).