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Table 1 Perfusion Overview

From: Ex Vivo Metrics™, a preclinical tool in new drug development

Organs

Blood Input

Acceptance Criteria

Dosing Routes

Samples for Analysis

Lungs

• Pulmonary artery

• Bronchial artery

• Perfusion pressures

• Flow rates

• Compliance

• Resistance

• Airway pressures

• Blood chemistry and biochemistry

• Airways

• Blood

• Blood/plasma

• Airway lavage

• Biopsies

Liver

• Portal vein

• Hepatic artery

• Perfusion pressures

• Flow rates

• Bile flow

• Blood chemistry and biochemistry

• Blood

• Blood/plasma

• Bile

• Biopsies

Intestine

• Superior mesenteric artery (or its branches)

• Perfusion pressure

• Flow rate

• Active peristalsis

• Blood chemistry and biochemistry

• Gut lumen

• Blood

• Blood/plasma

• Gut contents

• Biopsies