Success for first non-beating heart transplant in Europe
by Ian Sample, science editor from on (#5TSG)
Surgeons say that new technique will allow far more donor hearts to be used and could increase transplantation by up to 25%
Surgeons in Cambridge are hailing as a success the first heart transplant operation in Europe to use a non-beating heart.
Medical teams at Papworth Hospital spent more than a decade working on procedures to enable the landmark operation before performing the transplant earlier this month.
