A sustainable alternative to the transplant shortage
A sustainable alternative to the heart transplant shortage Each year 200,000 heart failure patients worldwide are waiting for a heart transplant The number of patients on waiting lists and the shortage of organs are the main threats to organ transplantation: only 3% of patients receive a donor heart. In the case of end-stage heart failure, the last alternative is to replace the failing heart with a total artificial heart (TAH). The implantation is performed surgically in the same way as a heart...