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The Latest Breaking News from Heart Transplants

Heart failure is often seen as the point of no return, but new approaches to diagnosis, mechanical circulatory support and heart transplants are changing the outlook for patients once considered beyond saving.

Bangkok Post

Researchers try new ways of preserving more hearts for transplants

Two university hospitals are pioneering new ways to expand access to the lifesaving heart transplants for adults and babies

The Independent UK

From Karachi to Chennai: Pakistani teen Ayesha Rashan’s journey for a new heart

Heartwarming story of Pakistani girl Ayesha Rashan’s successful heart transplant in India highlights challenges faced by heart patients in neighbouring countries.

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‘An exciting time’: US eye operation is just latest leap forward for transplants

Boundary-pushing 21-hour surgery follows series of extraordinary advances including pig heart transplants

The Guardian - UK

KLE hospital is emerging as a multi-organ transplant hub, says Kore

KLES Dr Prabhakar Kore Hospital in Belagavi successfully performed 11th & 12th heart transplants. The organ recipients, aged 18 & 25, are recovering. The hospital will soon begin lung transplants.

The Hindu

Scottish cousins reveal how heart donors saved both their lives aged just 45

Two Scottish cousins who both received heart transplants at the same age in their mid-40s have spoken of the new lease of life their procedures have…

The National (Scotland)

Scottish cousins reveal how heart donors saved both their lives at just 45

Fraser Wilson and Louise Campbell both received heart transplants at the Golden Jubilee University National Hospital.

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Organ shortage continues to cost lives

Data from 2022 show India’s poor record in deceased donations. The country registered 1,589 kidney transplants, 761 liver and 250 heart transplants in the deceased category in 2022. Kidney and pancreas transplants grew from three in 2014 to 22 in 2022. In contrast, living donor kidney transplants rose from 4,884…

The Hindu

Mayo Clinic Minute: Saving more lives by expanding the donor pool

Heart failure continues to be an epidemic in the U.S. Despite efforts put into awareness and prevention, heart disease is the leading cause of death for both men and women. A heart transplant is the gold standard to treat advanced heart failure. With more than 100,000 people on the transplant…

Tribune News Service

Funding to blame for lack of kids' transplants: Labor

NSW Labor has blamed a lack of government funding as among reasons why Sydney children are travelling to Melbourne for heart transplants.

AAP

With demand soaring for heart transplants, Florida hospitals ramp up

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. -- With heart disease the No. 1 killer in the United States, heart transplants hit record highs in 2022.

Tribune News Service

Saudi Surgeons Perform Heart Transplant for Youngest Newborn in Middle East

A team of pediatric cardiac surgeons at the King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Center (KFSHRC) performed consecutive heart transplants on two children, one of them an eight-month-old, within 24 hours in Riyadh.

Asharq Al-Awsat

Lanarkshire sisters looking forward 'normal' Christmas after successful heart transplants

Allison Kerr and Karen Owens both had to undergo heart transplants after being diagnosed with a genetic heart condition that led to the death of their father in 2005.

Glasgow Live

Sisters ready for a ‘normal’ Christmas after both receive heart transplants

TWO sisters who both had heart transplants are looking forward to celebrating their first normal festive

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KLE performs eight heart transplants

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Manchester Evening News

'First our kids had heart transplants - then my husband suddenly collapsed'

Malcolm suffered a heart attack - just four weeks after his daughter came home from hospital

Chronicle Live

'Every day it gets harder' - Parents of Freeman Hospital heart unit patients plead for families to consider organ donation

Parents of children waiting for life-saving heart transplants have come together to make a powerful plea for others to consider donating their child's organs even in the midst of tragedy.

Daily Mirror

Brave parents of kids waiting for heart transplants urge Brits to consider organ donation

The youngsters are aged 10 months to eight years old and are all being treated at the Freeman Hospital in Newcastle upon Tyne - where Mirror campaigner Max Johnson received his heart.

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