Surgeons believe transplant medical device could save more patients

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23770login-checkSurgeons believe transplant medical device could save more patients

“According to Dr. Dominic Emerson, a transplant surgeon with the Smidt Heart Institute at the Medical Center, organs like the heart can only last about four hours on ice outside of the body. With the “Heart in a Box,” transplant surgeons have more time to recover an organ for transplant, which means they can go a farther distance to retrieve an organ for a patient in need.” 

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237700login-checkSurgeons believe transplant medical device could save more patients
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