Fig. 5. Procedure for the ex vivo evaluation of mCPA perfusion and removal after vitrification and nanowarming.
Hearts were removed from male rats and perfused with Custodiol HTK solution. Then, the heart was perfused with mCPA containing 5 mgFe/ml. The perfused heart was submerged in mCPA and vitrified in a mechanical freezer at a cooling rate of 15°C/min, followed by storage in liquid nitrogen for 1 week. Nanowarming was performed in an AMF (42.5 kA/m and 278 kHz, achieving heating rates above the CWR of 50°C/min for VS55. The SPIONs were perfused out of the heart using Custodiol HTK, followed by MPI to quantify the SPIONs remaining in the hearts. LN2, liquid nitrogen.