Summary
Just before performing a history-making transplant surgery, Dr. Kenneth McCurry watched a heart beat two hours after it was removed from the donor.
"It was ... a little surreal," said McCurry, director of cardiopulmonary transplantation at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center's Heart, Lung and Esophageal Surgery Institute. "To see the heart beating in a machine outside the body -- it was very neat."See the full content of this document
Extract
First U.S. 'Beating-Heart' Transplant Done at Upmc
The first "beating-heart" transplant in the United States was performed last month at UPMC Presbyterian in Oakland, the health system announced Thursday. Recipient Richard Jackson, discharged April 30, is doing well.
"Hopefu...See the full content of this document
Sponsored links
