Doctors show ‘heart in a box’ transplant
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INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) – IU Health showed how new technology could open new possibilities for Americans waiting for live-saving organs.
IU Health introduced us to its first patient to receive a heart transplant through the ‘Heart in a Box’ trial.
The donor heart is put into a device, along with the donor’s blood and will continue pumping while it’s delivered to the heart recipient.
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