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The postulated mechanism of the development of IC in DCD liver transplantation. (A) The blood supply to the human biliary system depends solely on the hepatic artery via the peribiliary vascular plexus. (B) Formation of microthrombi in the peribiliary vascular plexus during donor warm ischemia may contribute to biliary ischemia. Adapted from Hashimoto et al. [33] with permission. DCD, donation after circulatory death.
