Reduction of Consumptive Coagulopathy Using Porcine Cytomegalovirus-Free Cardiac Porcine Grafts in Pig-to-Primate Xenotransplantation

Xenotransplantation using pigs as the source species for organs carries a potential risk for transmission and activation of porcine herpesviruses. Activation of porcine cytomegalovirus (PCMV) in pig-to-baboon xenotransplantation is associated with xenograft injury and possibly an increased incidence of consumptive coagulopathy (CC).