Dr. Duc Thinh Pham calls the new method, nicknamed ‘Heart in a Box,’ 'the biggest advancement in cardiac surgery and heart transplantation in the last 50 years.'
Dr. Duc Thinh Pham calls the new method, nicknamed ‘Heart in a Box,’ "the biggest advancement in cardiac surgery and heart transplantation in the last 50 years."
On Oct. 12, his team successfully transplanted a heart from an organ donor whose heart had officially stopped beating. "'Heart in a Box' allows us to retrieve hearts from patients who have naturally died or whose hearts have stopped beating and retrieve it, reprofuse it, keep it warm and beating, and transplant it to an awaiting patient," Pham said.
Doctors said the box simulates the environment inside the body by pumping warm, oxygenated blood through the donor heart until it can be transplanted."This device effectively removes the time constraint, and now we can travel most of the way across the country to find the perfect match," said Dr. Benjamin Breiner.
Because the device can keep donor hearts viable for so much longer than a standard cooler, doctors said it will increase donor/recipient matches by 30 percent, which will vastly increase the number of heart transplants doctors are able to perform each year, and slash existing waitlists by thousands of slots.DAILY NEWSLETTERthat I have read and agree
Indonesia Berita Terbaru, Indonesia Berita utama
Similar News:Anda juga dapat membaca berita serupa dengan ini yang kami kumpulkan dari sumber berita lain.
'Heart in a box': Northwestern surgeons successfully transplant heart after it stopped beatingUsing 'heart in a box' technology, surgeons at Northwestern Medicine have successfully transplanted a heart after it stopped beating.
Baca lebih lajut »
Northwestern performs first heart transplant in Illinois using ‘heart-in-a-box’ deviceSurgeons took a heart that stopped beating inside a patient and successfully transplanted it with the help of a science fiction-like device
Baca lebih lajut »
Henry Cavill Held Onto Superman Role in His Heart Even When It Was Outside His Control'It was something which I had to very gently hold onto in my heart,' Henry Cavill recently said of Superman.
Baca lebih lajut »