test 8 heart in a box

Question 1

May 2007

Answer 1

– First beating heart transplant

Question 2

Beating heart transplants

Answer 2

 Maintained at normal body temperature and hooked up to the Transmedics Organ Care System.
 Beats with warm, oxygenated blood inside a sterile box
 Can monitor parameters of the heart and blood.
 Prolongs time between removal of the heart and transplantation.
 Decreases injury while ischemic.
 Can allow for the right patient to get the right organ, despite distance.