2023-07-22 06:05:23
– Heart transplantation is undergoing a revolution that is debating
Doctors have succeeded in transplanting a heart following a cardio-circulatory arrest. More patients might be saved in the future. But a complaint was filed.
Published today at 08:05
The number of transplants might increase thanks to a new method.
KEYSTONE/Gaetan Bally
Take a non-stop heart from a cold corpse. And successfully transplant it into a living body. The idea is disturbing. But it can save lives. This is also the breakthrough made by the Swiss medical profession in recent months. Usually the donors are brain dead when the organs are removed. Thanks to artificial assistance provided in hospitals, however, the lungs, kidneys, heart and liver are still irrigated and operational. Bodies are hot.
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