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Surgeons have saved 200 lives through a national trial of a technique that allows donor hearts to be “jump started”.The process allows medics to revive a heart

A pioneering technique known as Heart transplant donation after circulatory death (DCD) has been credited with saving hundreds of lives and increased transplant numbers by a quarter.

According to recent research, a larger number of donated hearts could potentially be used for transplantation if they are kept operational in the body for a brief period after the donor's death. The technique involves restoring regional blood flow to the heart, lungs, and abdominal organs (but no

Child heart transplants: Record year for new-style operations By Anna Collinson & Rachael Buchanan Health correspondent and medical producer Published media captionFourteen-year-old Freya Heddington was one of the first recipients - and says she's "ecstatic" Two UK hospitals have teamed up to offer a novel type of heart-transplant service for children, reducing waiting times for the life-saving operations. In the programme, so-called "non-beating donor hearts" are revived to give to teenage recipients. Freya Heddington, 14, from Bristol, was one of the first to get one, waiting just two month...

UK doctors pioneer use of 'heart in a box' transplant technique in children Natalie Grover © Provided by The Guardian Photograph: PA NHS doctors have pioneered the use of a “dead” heart transplant technique – previously deemed suitable only for adults – in children, saving the lives of six young patients last year. Surgeons typically use for transplants hearts donated by patients who are declared brain stem dead but whose hearts are still beating. Retrieving the hearts of patients who have suffered cardiac death (which are far more common than brain stem deaths) is ...