Heart Transplant

April 14, 2023

10 years after heart transplant, Kochi driver Dinoy Thomas to run into history in Australia

Thomas, who underwent a heart transplant 10 years ago at Lissie Hospital, Ernakulam, will be participating in a 5-km marathon slated for April 16 in the World Transplant Games.

March 09, 2022
US man who got first pig heart transplant dies after 2 months

David Bennett, 57, died Tuesday at the University of Maryland Medical Center. Doctors didn't give an exact cause of death, saying only that his condition had begun deteriorating several days earlier.
January 11, 2022
In a medical first, US surgeons transplant pig heart into human patient

While it's too soon to know if the operation really will work, it marks a step in the decades-long quest to one day use animal organs for life-saving transplants.
December 10, 2021
Heart travels from Chandigarh to Chennai covering 2,500 km for a matching recipient

The harvested heart was sent from the PGIMER to the international airport in Mohali in 22 minutes by creating a 'green corridor' for the flight scheduled for departure at 3.25 p.m. on Wednesday.
October 16, 2021
First artificial heart implantation in Kerala successfully done on 61-year-old woman

The Left ventricular assist device (LVAD) is a complex and rare procedure which needs good expertise and only few centres in India are doing it at present.
November 18, 2020
Safety procedures to ensure success of heart transplants amid Covid-19

The relation between immunosuppression and Covid-19 may render heart transplant recipients more susceptible to acquiring the infection and more severe diseases.
November 16, 2020
A heart transplant that overcame even the COVID lockdown crisis

What made the success even more memorable was that as a token of gratitude for the new life that their mother had got, Leena's two children, Shiona, an MTech student, and Basil, a law student, pledged to donate all their possible organs.

Heart Transplant

10 years after heart transplant, Kochi driver Dinoy Thomas to run into history in Australia

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US man who got first pig heart transplant dies after 2 months

In a medical first, US surgeons transplant pig heart into human patient

Heart travels from Chandigarh to Chennai covering 2,500 km for a matching recipient

First artificial heart implantation in Kerala successfully done on 61-year-old woman

Safety procedures to ensure success of heart transplants amid Covid-19

A heart transplant that overcame even the COVID lockdown crisis

First person in Asia with a complex ailment called 'Takayasu' to get a heart transplant

The baby angel who flew away

When a heart travelled from Thiruvananthapuram to Ernakulam in 35 minutes