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Dr. Lucian Lozonschi, a surgical heart failure and cardiac transplantation physician at MUSC, performs a heart transplant for a late forties male patient suffering from heart failure caused by a prior heart condition. This image shows the donor heart in the recipient’s chest.
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Surgeons at MUSC recently partnered with Transmedics to perform the first DCD heart transplant in South Carolina
Using an ex vivo perfusion machine to transport and evaluate the donor organ before successfully transplanting it into a patient with end-stage heart failure.
Ex vivo perfusion technology overcomes some of the ethical and logistical issues previously posed for organs obtained by donation after circulatory death, allowing enhanced access to donor organs for patients in need.
Arman Kilic, M.D., surgical director of the MUSC Heart Failure and Heart Transplant Program, led the surgical team, with assistance from procurement surgeon Zubair Hashmi, M.D., and fellow Krishna Bhandari, M.D.
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