Flow competition between hepatic arterial and portal venous flow during hypothermic machine perfusion preservation of porcine livers.

Hypothermic machine perfusion (HMP) is regarded as a better preservation method for donor livers than cold storage. During HMP, livers are perfused through the inlet blood vessels, namely the hepatic artery (HA) and the portal vein (PV). In previous HMP feasibility studies of porcine and human livers, we observed that the PV flow decreased while the HA flow increased.

Numerical assessment of the impact of a flow wire on its velocity measurements.

Blood flow velocities can be measured using a Doppler flow wire. This numerical study evaluates the impact of a 0.014" flow wire on the measured frequencies in a straight artery with diameters of 3 mm and 4 mm, under steady and pulsatile flow conditions.