. Besides providing original and stimulating discussion of the topic, the authors aim to encourage the further investigation needed to shed more light on this complex problem, the bane of many transplant recipients. The work will be of interest to all basic and clinical researchers in microcirculation and transplantation.

A very brief summary is given of a conference and workshop on the importance of the microvascular system and the microcirculation in perfused and transplanted organs. The scientific contents were arranged in divisions entitled: (1) Microcirculation under normal conditions; (2) Pathology and pathophysiology of microcirculation; (3) Organ transplantation; and (4) Perfusion of organs.