Reanimated hearts donated after death work just as well for transplants, study finds
A machine that reanimates hearts could greatly expand the pool of organs for transplant — and, a new study found, yields results equal to standard transplants.
A new method of heart transplantation that uses machines to reanimate donor hearts from people who have died is just as good as traditional heart transplantation, a new study finds. If adopted broadly in the U.S., the procedure that could expand the donor pool by 30%.
The adjusted six-month survival rate of patients undergoing the new method was 94%, compared with 91% among patients who underwent the traditional method, according to the study published in the New England Journal of Medicine Wednesday, the first large randomized study comparing the two procedures.
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