The heart was transported from Klaipeda by car. The ambulance contained the OCS Heart device, which kept the organ alive. The beating heart pumps blood taken from the donor, is constantly monitored, and it is even possible to administer drugs and nutrients to the heart. There is increased confidence that once the heart is implanted in the recipient's body, the blood vessels are connected and the clamps are removed - the heart will start working.
The heart that Olive received worked outside the human body for seven and a half hours. Using standard transport techniques, i.e. storing the organ in hypothermia (ice reduces the organ's temperature to 4 degrees), the time from retrieval to implantation is four hours. Using a device such as the OCS Heart extends this time to as much as 12 hours.
"I feel good, I am already healthy. I was born with a heart defect. When I was little I was in the hospital a lot. Now, on September 1, I came to the hospital for another heart surgery, but things got complicated....Content locked
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