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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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
The relation between immunosuppression and Covid-19 may render heart transplant recipients more susceptible to acquiring the infection and more severe diseases.
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 transplants are rare in patients who have suffered heart failure due to the complex condition called 'Takayasu' that constricts blood vessels in various parts of the body.
I looked at the father's eyes and into the child’s face that exuded vitality, not knowing what to do. I then glanced through his daughter’s medical records.
Mathew Achadan had occupied the minds of the people of Kerala then and he does even now, and his wife Bindu personifies humility and love.