19 février 2025|
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|10 months agoSwiss Medical Breakthrough: Heart Preserved for Record 12 Hours
Bern's Inselspital achieves European record by keeping donor heart viable for 12 hours outside body before successful transplant, marking significant advance in transplant medicine.
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- Inselspital Bern kept a donor heart viable for 12 hours outside the human body.
- Adverse weather conditions forced a switch from air to ground transport, necessitating the extended preservation time.
- The 'ex vivo perfusion' technology mimics the body's environment, supplying the organ with oxygen and nutrients.
- Traditional cold storage methods only keep a heart viable for a maximum of four hours.
By The Numbers
12 hours
Preservation Time
1/3
Waiting Time Reduction
Doubled
Transplant Volume
4 hours
Previous Maximum Limit
They Said
"The ability to keep a heart beating outside the body for a longer period of time without damage is an absolute game changer for Swiss transplant medicine."