New success in cardiac death transplantation

Dr. Sanaz Dehghani, head of the Department of Transplantation and Provision of Transplanted Organs, said: In Iran, 2 Shiraz University of Medical Sciences and Iran have performed organ transplantation from cardiac death before.

But 2 weeks ago, a rare event happened and in Iran University of Medical Sciences, a type of cardiac death led to organ donation, which is one of the few cases.

This person suffered a cardiac arrest due to a pulmonary embolism, but the doctors managed to transplant 2 organs of this person, including the kidneys and the cornea, to the needy patients.”

According to this official, the number of donors will increase by 20% with the addition of organ transplantation from cardiac death.