The operation is part of a long-term and international research project to find a reliable alternative to donor hearts.
Experts at UMC Utrecht have successfully implanted a complete artificial heart in a patient with very severe heart failure for the first time in the Netherlands.
Surgery is part of a long-term and international research project to find a reliable alternative for donor hearts.
The operation took place at the beginning of November and was successful, with the patient leaving the IC unit within two days.
There is a major shortage of donor hearts in the Netherlands.
Patients with a donor heart have to take heavy drugs to suppress the immune system. That is to prevent the body from rejecting the new heart.
The test patient, a 54-year-old man, is doing well, he was out of intensive care within two days.
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