Doctors ‘reanimate’ human heart from deceased donor

The video tutorial explains the process of reanimating a heart from a deceased donor for transplantation, known as donation after circulatory death (DCD). The procedure involves preserving the heart using the Transmetics organ care system, which pumps warm blood to resuscitate the non-beating heart. Once ready, the heart is transplanted into the recipient. This method could increase the donor pool by 30%, reducing wait times and deaths among those awaiting transplants.

What potential impact could this procedure have on the donor pool and transplant numbers?

What are the expected benefits of increasing the number of transplants performed?