Category: Chronic Illness
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Revolutionary Breakthrough: Canada’s First Heart Transplant from a Non-Beating Donor
A breakthrough heart transplant was completed in early September at Toronto General Hospital using a donor heart that had stopped beating, marking Canada’s first donation after circulatory criteria (DCC) heart transplant. Traditionally, heart donors are people with no brain function whose hearts continue to beat as organs are recovered. In the DCC approach, the heart…
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Toronto’s Historic Heart Transplant: A Breakthrough in Donation After Circulatory Criteria
Back to beating: Toronto hospital performs heart transplant with heart that stopped Toronto General Hospital carried out Canada’s first donation-after-circulatory-criteria (DCC) heart transplant, UHN reports. In DCC, a heart from a patient who has died (not brain-dead) is recovered after a brief oxygen interruption and transplanted under strict criteria. The recipient is recovering well, and…