Vietnamese doctors successfully perform first heart-liver transplant
(VOVWORLD) - The first heart and liver transplant on a single patient in Vietnam was recently successfully performed by doctors of the Vietnam-Germany Friendship Hospital, the hospital announced on Friday.
 Surgery is simultaneously performed to remove and transplant the patient's heart and liver. (Photo credit: Vietnam-Germany Friendship Hospital)
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According to the hospital, the 41-year-old male patient suffered from heart and liver failure, and had to be intubated and put on extracorporeal circulation. But these methods can only prolong the patient's life by days. The only way to save the patient is to transplant both the heart and liver.
The transplanted organs were taken from a brain-dead donor in Nghe An province.
Last Tuesday, the transplantation was performed successfully after 8 hours by doctors from different departments.
On Saturday afternoon, the patient was extubated and his heart and liver gradually recovered to the normal state.