Don Hayes

Sep 26, 2024 | scienceblog.cincinnatichildrens.org | Don Hayes |David Morales

In March, a Cincinnati Children’s team performed a sequential lung-then-heart transplant with organs traveling separately for a total of 12 hours outside of the body. This has never been done before, and it gave 15-year-old Adrian the chance at life he needed. On Sept. 12, 2024, experts involved described the case in The Journal of Heart and Lung TransplantationNormally the heart and lungs are transplanted together.