Stanford Medicine Surgeons Pioneer Beating-Heart Transplantation to Expand Donor Pool and Improve Outcomes
In 2022, Stanford Medicine cardiothoracic surgeons performed the world’s first beating-heart transplant in an adult using a donor heart after circulatory death with the support of an organ perfusion system. This innovation not only increased the availability of donor hearts but also shifted the paradigm in heart transplantation.
“Developing this technique has enabled us to improve outcomes in patients needing a lifesaving heart transplant,” explains Joseph Woo, MD, the Norman E. Shumway Professor and Chair of the Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery at Stanford Medicine. READ MORE
