Release date: 2015-03-31 Cambridge surgeons completed the first heart transplant in Europe using non-beating heart technology. The heart of the donation usually comes from a brain infarction but the heart is still beating. It is the organ that is provided after the donor's heart and lungs stop working, that is, during the period of circulatory death. Papworth Hospital says the technology can increase the supply of at least 25% of the heart. Huseyin Ulucan, a 60-year-old heart transplant recipient, was from London and suffered from heart disease in 2008. He said: "Before the operation, I can hardly walk, and it is easy to get angry and have no quality of life." He is very happy to improve his health after receiving the transplant. "Now I feel that I am getting stronger every day. Even this morning, I didn't notice any problems when I walked into the hospital." shortage In the past 12 months, there have been 171 heart transplants in the UK. But the supply is far from being demanded. Some patients need to spend three years waiting for a suitable organ. Many patients die from a long waiting process. Donors who do not beat the heart provide kidneys, liver and other organs, but so far the heart cannot be used because of fear that it may be damaged. The new procedure involves restarting the heart in the body five minutes after the donor dies and infusing the heart and other vital organs with blood and nutrients under body temperature. Stephen Large, director of transplant surgery, said: "We kept the heartbeat for about 50 minutes. By monitoring its function, we can confirm that it is in a very good state." Then remove the organ and transfer it to a heart-in-a-machine (a heart-in-a In -box), the supply of nutrients remained beating for three hours until a transplant was performed at Papworth. a heart-in-a-box The organ health system is also used to maintain the lungs, liver and kidneys in vitro. The standard method used to preserve the heart and other organs for transplantation is freezing, but some organs are damaged as a result. The Papworth team said that restoring heartbeats after death and preserving organs with nutrients can help reduce heart muscle damage. In the 1960s, the first heart transplant used organs that did not beat the heart donation program, but because of their rapid deterioration, the technology was abandoned. Last year, Australian surgeons performed the world's first non-beating heart transplant using innovative heart-built cassette technology. TransMedics, an American organ health care machine manufacturing company, says it costs £150,000 per unit, plus £25,000 per patient transplant. Papworth and Harefield Hospital are the only heart transplant units in the UK that use the device. Professor James? Neuberger, deputy director of NHS organ donation and transplantation, said: "Unfortunately, there are very few organs available for transplant in the UK, and there are still patients who die from the lack of suitable organs. We hope that Papworth's work and similar work can be In other places, more hearts can be donated in the future, and more patients can benefit from it. We are also very grateful to the donors' families, who believe that they know that their loved ones have saved the lives of others and transplanted for the British heart. After the cause has contributed, you can get peace of mind." Source: Bio-Exploration Yancheng Rongtai Labware Co.,Ltd , https://www.shtestlab.com