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Heart kept beating outside body in organ preservation test
In Pittsburgh, doctors at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center demonstrated a portable device keeping an 80 year old man’s heart beating outside the body. The test aims to extend time for transplant decisions and closer organ testing. The donor’s death details were not released.
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Pittsburgh
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center
Robert Kormos
TransMedics Inc
Woburn
Mass
University of Chicago
Waleed Hassanein
TransMedics
U.S. Food and Drug Administration