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. 2022 Sep 28;11(19):5762. doi: 10.3390/jcm11195762

Table 1.

Components and properties of commonly used heart preservation solutions.

Component (g/L) UW Celsior HTK
Pentafraction 50 - -
Lactobionic Acid 35.83 28.664 -
Potassium Phosphate monobasic 3.4 - -
Magnesium Sulfate heptahydrate 1.23 - -
Raffinose pentahydrate 17.83 - -
Adenosine 1.34 - -
Allopurinol 0.136 - -
Glutathione 0.922 0.921 -
Potassium Hydroxide 5.61 -
Mannitol - 10.930 5.4651
Glutamic Acid - 2.942 -
Sodium Hydroxide Adjust to pH 7.4 4.000 -
Calcium chloride dihydrate - 0.037 0.0022
Potassium chloride - 1.118 0.6710
Magnesium chloride hexahydrate - 2.642 0.8132
Histidine - 4.650 27.9289
Histidine monohydrochloride monohydrate - - 3.7733
Hydrochloric acid Adjust to pH 7.4 - -
Sodium chloride - - 0.8766
Potassium hydrogen 2-ketoglutarate - - 0.1842
Tryptophan - - 0.4085
Physical properties
pH 7.4 7.3 7.2
Osmolarity (mosmol/kg) 320 320 310

g = gram; HTK = histidine-tryptophan-ketoglutarate; kg = kilogram; L = liter; mosmol = milliosmole; pH = potential of hydrogen; UW = University of Wisconsin.