Avoiding initial hypothermia does not improve liver graft quality in a porcine donation after circulatory death (DCD) model of normothermic perfusion

• Jordan J. Nostedt ,

  Roles Investigation, Writing – original draft

  * E-mail: nostedt@ualberta.ca (JJN); david.bigam@albertahealthservices.ca (DLB)

  Affiliation Department of Surgery, Division of General Surgery, University of Alberta, Edmonton AB, Canada

  http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3984-5700

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• Tom Churchill,

  Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Surgery, Division of Surgical Research, University of Alberta, Edmonton AB, Canada

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• Sunita Ghosh,

  Roles Formal analysis

  Affiliation Department of Mathematics and Statistical Sciences, University of Alberta, Edmonton AB, Canada

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• Aducio Thiesen,

  Roles Investigation

  Affiliation Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, University of Alberta, Edmonton AB, Canada

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• Jessica Hopkins,

  Roles Investigation

  Affiliation Department of Surgery, Division of General Surgery, University of Alberta, Edmonton AB, Canada

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• Mackenzie C. Lees,

  Roles Investigation

  Affiliation Department of Surgery, Division of General Surgery, University of Alberta, Edmonton AB, Canada

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• Benjamin Adam,

  Roles Investigation

  Affiliation Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, University of Alberta, Edmonton AB, Canada

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• Darren H. Freed,

  Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Department of Physiology, University of Alberta, Edmonton AB, Canada, Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Alberta, Edmonton AB, Canada, Department of Surgery, Division of Cardiac Surgery, University of Alberta, Edmonton AB, Canada

  http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6239-1444

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• A. M. James Shapiro,

  Roles Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Surgery, Division of General Surgery, University of Alberta, Edmonton AB, Canada

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• David L. Bigam

  Roles Funding acquisition, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: nostedt@ualberta.ca (JJN); david.bigam@albertahealthservices.ca (DLB)

  Affiliation Department of Surgery, Division of General Surgery, University of Alberta, Edmonton AB, Canada

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