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A Hearty Life

June 5th, 2006

Beating-Heart Transplants

The first successful beating-heart transplant has been carried out in the UK. The heart was kept alive and beating outside the body for five hours, one hour longer than the usual viable time period for non-beating donor hearts. The 58-year-old organ recipient is doing well one week after the operation.
Why is keeping the […]

By Hsien-Hsien Lei, PhD -- 1 comment