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A relatively new method of heart transplantation, which allows for the use of hearts donated after circulatory death could expand the pool of available donor hearts by a projected 30%. Here's what's happening.
Created: February 18, 2021 08:33 PM Currently, 3,511 Americans are waiting to receive a heart transplant. That includes 122 Minnesotans. Minneapolis Heart Institute Foundation (MHIF) is one of only seven clinical sites in the country participating in a new research study to evaluate a piece of new technology that has the potential to change the way heart transplants are done. It's called 'Heart in a Box' and is made by TransMedics. It's a portable, warm perfusion and monitoring system designed to keep a donor heart at a human-like, metabolically active state. By monitoring k...