Assessment of donation after circulatory death (DCD) hearts during ex vivo blood perfusion (EVBP) has customarily relied heavily on lactate trends to guide transplantability decisions. However, concerns have been raised regarding whether lactate alone adequately reflects myocardial viability. In a recent experimental study, Saemann et al. (2026) and Colleagues evaluated whether combining myocardial microcirculatory assessment…
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