Doctors Perform First Ever DCD Heart Transplant in the U.S.: “It’s a Monumental Leap Forward”
Doctors at Duke University Hospital performed a first-of-its-kind heart transplant procedure, which could help increase the amount of donated hearts available and reduce wait times for people seeking the transplant. The process — called donation after circulatory death (DCD) — was performed for the first time in the U.S. on a military veteran, who received a heart transplant on December 1. DCD has been performed on other organs in […]
