This session features Rishav Bhattacharya from the Michael E. DeBakey Department of Surgery, at Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, USA, presenting on “Celsior Cold Storage Attenuates Myocardial Edema in Human Hearts Donation After Circulatory Death by Preserving Endothelial Integrity and Water Channel Regulation” at the 72nd Annual Conference of the American Society for Artificial Internal Organs.
He discusses the study’s background, including the clinical context, the proposed mechanism of edema, and the study question. Additionally the study design—including the donation after circulatory death (DCD) procurement timeline, the cold storage workflow, and the experimental groups and sampling is detailed, along with the study’s conclusions.
This presentation concluded with a Q&A session.
In June 2026, the American Society for Artificial Internal Organs hosted a conference featuring leading cardiothoracic surgeons who shared their expertise in the latest advancements of the field. Watch for more ASAIO 2026 videos in the coming weeks.
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