In the next 10 years, artificial heart can replace heart transplant surgery

An English professor commented that within the next 10 years the possibility of heart transplant surgery will no longer be available and instead will be and.

Professor Stephen Westaby at John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford (UK) gave the above opinion during the 50th anniversary of the first heart surgery performed by South African doctor Christiaan Barnard (December 3, 1967). ).

Dr. Christian Barnard illustrated the first heart surgery at a press conference 50 years ago.(Photo: Telegraph).

According to Westaby, the combination of artificial heart and stem cells has the potential to replace heart transplantation and help more people. Stanford Medical University (USA) conducted a study in this country with the result that more than 20,000 Americans need heart transplant surgery every year but only 2,000 cases are performed due to the shortage of organ donors.

The Telegraph (UK) quoted Professor Westaby as asserting the possibility of reversing heart tissue scar by injecting it into the heart into the heart of a patient undergoing bypass surgery.

Other bone marrow stem cell tests for bypass surgery are expected to start at Royal Brompton Hospital (London) in January 2018. Expectations from this trial are stem cell injections. can help patients who are not in the stage of heart transplant surgery.

Mr. Westaby is also working on artificial heart development that is cheaper and more effective than current models.

According to the Guardian (UK), 50 years after Dr. Barnard's surgery, nearly 4,000 heart transplants have been performed around the world every year. But while some patients still live well after decades, the survival rate of more than 12 years for those who undergo this surgery is only 50%.