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World-first dead heart transplant at Sydney\u2019s St Vincent\u2019s Hospital a game changer.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Sydney, Australia surgeon\u2019s dead heart transplant a huge medical breakthrough.\u00a0Previously, transplants relied on donor hearts from brain dead patients.\u00a0Ability to revive hearts has major implications for donor shortages.\u00a0Two successful transplants performed in last two months.<\/p>\n

A world first, surgeons at St Vincent\u2019s Hospital have made a dead heart beat again and successfully used it in a transplant.<\/p>\n

Described as the biggest heart transplant breakthrough in a decade, the successful surgery has profound implications for reducing the shortage of donor organs, the director of St Vincent\u2019s Hospital Heart Lung Transplant Unit, Professor Peter MacDonald, said today.<\/p>\n

Previously transplant units relied solely on donor hearts from brain dead patients whose hearts were still beating.<\/p>\n

But the clinic has recently transplanted two hearts which were donated after circulatory death (DCD) \u2014 where the heart is no longer beating \u2014 in both cases the patients are recovering well.<\/p>\n

\"Michelle<\/a>

Michelle Gribilar<\/p><\/div>\n

The first person to have the procedure done was Michelle Gribilar. The 57-year-old from Campsie was suffering from congenital heart failure and had surgery about two months ago.<\/p>\n

She is recovering well, saying today she \u201cfeels like she is 40\u201d since the transplant.<\/p>\n

Ms Gribilar said prior to the operation, she had not been able to walk 100m without trouble.<\/p>\n

Now she walks 3km and climbs 100-120 stairs every day.<\/p>\n

\u200b\u201cI was very sick before I had it,\u201d she said. \u201cNow I\u2019m a different person altogether.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"Jan<\/a>

Jan Damen (left)<\/p><\/div>\n

The second patient, Jan Damen, 43, from Elanora Heights, also suffered from congenital heart failure and had surgery about a fortnight ago. He is still recovering at the hospital.<\/p>\n

\u200b\u201cI feel amazing,\u201d the father-of-three said.<\/p>\n

\u201cI have to say I never thought I\u2019d feel so privileged to wear the St Vincent\u2019s pyjamas.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m just looking forward to getting back out into the real world.\u201d<\/p>\n

The former carpenter said he often thinks about his donor.<\/p>\n

\u201cI do think about it, because without the donor I might not be here,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m not religious or spiritual but it\u2019s a wild thing to get your head around.\u201d<\/p>\n

The transplants of DCD hearts comes as the result of combined research between the Victor Chang Cardiac Research Institute and St Vincent\u2019s Hospital.<\/p>\n

The two clinics created a special preservation solution which works in conjunction with a \u201cheart in a box\u201d machine, known as the ex vivo organ care system (OCS).<\/p>\n

\"DeadHeart<\/a>

Dead Heart Transplant, “Heart in a box”.<\/p><\/div>\n

The OCS allows the donor heart to be connected to a sterile circuit which restores the heart beat and keeps it warm, limiting the adverse affects associated with previous methods which saw hearts kept on ice.<\/p>\n

Cold ischaemia, where the heart is dormant without oxygen or nutrients occurs under traditional methods where hearts are kept in an Esky on ice.<\/p>\n

But using the preservative solution and the heart in a box, the heart is able to be reanimated, preserved and assessed until it is ready to go into a recipient.<\/p>\n

\"Kumud<\/a>

Dr Kumud Dhital (left) and team of doctors involved in the world’s first “dead heart transplant” at St Vincent’s Hospital.<\/p><\/div>\n

Cardiothoracic surgeon Assoc Prof Kumud Dhital, who performed the transplants with hearts donated after circulatory death (DCD), said he \u201ckicked the air\u201d when the first surgery was successful. It was possible thanks to new technology, he said.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe incredible development of the preservation solution with this technology of being able to preserve the heart, resuscitate it and to assess the function of the heart has made this possible,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Professor MacDonald said the move to recover hearts which were previously considered unsuitable for transplantation means that thousands more hearts could become available to end-stage heart failure sufferers as the technology becomes more readily available.<\/p>\n

\u201cIn all our years, our biggest hindrance has been the limited availability of organ donors,\u201d Prof MacDonald said.<\/p>\n

Researchers are still determining how long after DCD a heart can be resuscitated, but have revived hearts more than 30 minutes after death.<\/p>\n

Source: Robbie Patterson \/ Wentworth Courier \/ TheAustralian.com.au<\/p>\n

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World-first dead heart transplant in Sydney, Australia.<\/strong>
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