Please find a selection of relevant publications below. The article summaries can be downloaded via Pubmed.

Dissertation

A van der Plaats, The Groningen Hypothermic Liver Perfusion Pump for Improved Preservation in Organ Transplantation, RijksUniversiteit Groningen, 2005. [Download]

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NA 't Hart, Improving Liver Preservation: New Strategies in Liver Procurement and Preservation,

RijksUniversiteit Groningen, 2007. [Download]

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MHJ Maathuis, Organ Preservation and Viability in Kidney and Liver Preservation: Experimental and Clinical Studies, RijksUniversiteit Groningen, 2008. [Download]

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Articles

SA Hosgood, HF Nicholson, ML Nicholson, Oxygenated Kidney Preservation Techniques, Transplantation 2012 Mar; 93(5): 455-9. [PubMed]

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C Fondevilla, AJ Hessheimer, MHJ Maathuis, J Munoz, P Taura, D Calatayud, HGD Leuvenink, A Rimola, RJ Ploeg, JC Garcia-Valdecasas, Superior Preservation of DCD Livers With Continuous Normothermic Perfusion, Ann Surg. 2011 Sep; 254: 1-8. [PubMed]

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MHJ Maathuis, S Manekeller, A van der Plaats, HGD Leuvenink, NA 't Hart, AB Lier, G Rakhorst, RJ Ploeg, T Minor, Improved Kidney Graft Function after Preservation using a Novel Hypothermic Machine Perfusion Device, Ann Surg. 2007 Dec; 246(6): 982-991. [PubMed]

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A van der Plaats, NA ‘t Hart, GJ Verkerke, HGD Leuvenink, RJ Ploeg, G Rakhorst, Hypothermic Machine Preservation in Liver Transplantation revisited: Concepts and Criteria in the New Millennium, Ann Biomed Eng. 2004 Apr; 31(4): 623-31. [PubMed]
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A van der Plaats, MHJ Maathuis, NA ‘t Hart, AA Bellekom, HS Hofker, EB van der Houwen, GJ Verkerke, HGD Leuvenink, P Verdonck, RJ Ploeg, G Rakhorst, The Groningen Hypothermic Liver Perfusion Pump: Functional Evaluation of a New Machine Perfusion System, Ann Biomed Eng. 2006 Dec; 34(12): 1924-34. [PubMed]
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NA ‘t Hart, A van der Plaats, A Faber, P Olinga, HGD Leuvenink, GJ Verkerke, G Rakhorst, RJ Ploeg, Oxygenation during Hypothermic Rat Liver Preservation: An in-vitro slice study to demonstrate beneficial or toxic oxygenation effects, Liver Transplantation 2005 Nov; 11(11): 1403-11. [PubMed]
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NA ‘t Hart, A van der Plaats, HGD Leuvenink, H van Goor, J Wiersema-Buist, GJ Verkerke, G Rakhorst, RJ Ploeg, Determination of an adequate Perfusion Pressure for Continuous Hypothermic Machine Perfusion of the Rat Liver, Transplant Int 2007; 20: 343-52. [PubMed]
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NA ‘t Hart, A van der Plaats, HGD Leuvenink, H van Goor, GJ Verkerke, G Rakhorst, RJ Ploeg, Hypothermic Machine Perfusion of the Liver and the Critical Balance between Perfusion Pressures and Endothelial Injury, Transplant Proceedings 2005; 37: 332-334. [PubMed]