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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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\n\nanaphylactic shock when adminestered the anesthetic\n23 yo/m\noriginally presented with rash around 2 to 5 left rib\nthen went into congestive heart failure and was in need of a transplant but had a reaction to administered anesthetic for surgery\n\npresenting severe heart failure\nhas been intubated 2\nneeds a complete transplant and is too weak for bypass or anything else obvious\nrequire ideas for the transplant](https://app.figure1.com/case-detail/031bd85e-a20a-4267-a5b3-2d5e37221d08)

\n\nDr. 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.](https://app.figure1.com/case-detail/1b210b1e-39ea-4da5-b302-51ff0e44294b)

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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.\n\nEx 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.\n\nArman 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.\nSee more: musc.bcst.md muschealth.org

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