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November 16, 2021

The Netherlands, First Heart Transplant in the Netherlands

Specialists at Utrecht University’s teaching hospital have successfully implanted an artificial heart into a patient with very serious heart disease.

It is the first time such an operation has been carried out in the Netherlands. The operation is part of a long-term, international research project into an alternative for donor hearts with French firm Carmat. The heart has been licenced for sale in the EU since 2020.

Read more at: Utrecht surgeons carry out first artificial heart implantation in the Netherlands - DutchNews.nl