First heart transplant surgery is performed in Voronezh

For the primary time within the historical past of the area, a coronary heart transplant was carried out on the Cardiac Surgical procedure Middle of the Voronezh Regional Medical Hospital № 1. The affected person was a 41-year-old man, the press service of the Voronezh Area Authorities reported on Thursday, April 9.

The person who underwent the surgical procedure distinctive to the area suffered from congestive coronary heart failure that developed after the flu. The Voronezh resident spent six months within the hospital, the docs’ prognosis was disappointing: the person may die and not using a transplant.

Over 30 specialists labored on making ready for the surgical procedure: cardiac surgeons, transplantologists, surgeons, cardiologists, resuscitation anesthetists, ultrasound diagnosticians, specialists in useful and laboratory diagnostics, and nurses. Recommendation to docs was supplied by colleagues from the Academician Shumakov Nationwide Medical Analysis Middle for Transplantology and Synthetic Organs. Previous to that, Voronezh physicians had internships and superior coaching on the bases of the nation’s main federal analysis facilities for 5 years.

The surgical procedure lasted greater than 5 hours. The person is doing nicely and has already returned residence.

The Voronezh Area turned the 16^th area of the Russian Federation the place a coronary heart transplant surgical procedure was carried out. At present, there are seven persons are in line for the surgical procedure.