Transplantation
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We previously demonstrated that short oxygenated warm perfusion (SOWP) prevented warm ischemia-reperfusion injury in rat livers from donors after cardiac death (DCDs) in an ex vivo model. In the present study, we aimed to examine the in vivo effects of SOWP and SOWP with prostaglandin E1 (PGE1) in DCD rat liver transplants. ⋯ Short oxygenated warm perfusion before cold preservation and the addition of PGE1 to SOWP were thus beneficial in an in vivo rat model.