Donation after circulatory death (DCD) heart transplant
Details
| Title | Donation after circulatory death (DCD) heart transplant |
| Author | Royal Papworth Hospital NHS Foundation Trust |
| Duration | 0:07 |
| File Format | MP3 / MP4 |
| Original URL | https://youtube.com/watch?v=78KMsBaxlAA |
Description
A DCD heart transplant - also known as non-beating hearts - in action at Royal Papworth Hospital. In DCD transplants, hearts that have stopped beating are reanimated on a machine outside the human body, which keeps them healthy and perfused with oxygen, before being transplanted.
