The success of the first complete artificial heart transplantation at Al-Guards Hospital

by time news

King Abdulaziz Medical City, Ministry of National Guard Health Affairs, succeeded in implanting a complete artificial heart (SynCardia) for a 28-year-old citizen.

The medical city stated that the patient was suffering from severe weakness of the heart muscle, which is considered one of the difficult cases, as his health condition did not allow the use of an auxiliary support pump, which is the usual method for treating such cases, or even undergoing a heart transplant from a donor, due to the presence of multiple medical reasons. And complex prevent the use of these solutions.

She confirmed that the patient is currently in a stable condition, and is undergoing rehabilitation and careful medical follow-up.

She pointed out that the cultivation of a complete artificial heart is one of the most complex therapeutic procedures in the world, as it requires the presence of high experience and skills of the medical staff, capabilities and equipment at the latest level, which is what distinguishes the King Abdulaziz Center for Cardiac Diseases and Surgery with its qualified national cadres.

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