{"id":1288,"date":"2019-03-28T13:38:41","date_gmt":"2019-03-28T13:38:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.barnaclinic.com\/blog\/en\/?p=1288"},"modified":"2019-04-15T06:46:32","modified_gmt":"2019-04-15T06:46:32","slug":"two-heart-transplants-simultaneously","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.barnaclinic.com\/blog\/en\/blog\/two-heart-transplants-simultaneously\/","title":{"rendered":"The Clinic&#8217;s Cardiovascular Surgery performs two heart transplants simultaneously"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hospitalclinic.org\/es\/asistencia\/atencion-hospitalaria\/cardiovascular\/servicio-de-cirugia-cardiovascular\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Cardiovascular Surgery Department<\/strong><\/a> of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hospitalclinic.org\/en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Hospital Cl\u00ednic de Barcelona<\/strong><\/a> led by Dr\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.barnaclinic.com\/en\/professionals\/27\/manuel\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Manuel Castell\u00e0<\/strong><\/a> has, for the first time, <strong>performed two heart transplants simultaneously<\/strong>. Although only one of them was planned and <strong>two heart transplants had never been performed simultaneously<\/strong>, the result of both surgeries has been &#8220;very satisfactory&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<h2>AN OPTIMAL SITUATION<\/h2>\n<p>On the day of the surgery, a full<a href=\"https:\/\/www.barnaclinic.com\/en\/cardiovascular-surgery\/index\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong> cardiovascular surgery<\/strong><\/a> team had been organised to carry out the explant and implant of a patient on the waiting list. At that time, the <strong>Hospital Cl\u00ednic<\/strong> received the offer of a donor for a patient in emergency 0. The Head of the<strong> Cardiovascular Surgery Department<\/strong>, Dr\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.barnaclinic.com\/en\/professionals\/27\/manuel\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Manuel Castell\u00e0<\/strong><\/a>, had to make a decision and mobilise a new team in 10 minutes. Now, Dr Castell\u00e0 recognizes that &#8220;we had doubts, but we did not want to nor could we lose hearts when we had two patients in an optimal situation for the surgery&#8221;.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<h4><a href=\"https:\/\/www.barnaclinic.com\/en\/professionals\/27\/manuel\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-579\" src=\"http:\/\/www.barnaclinic.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/manel-castella.png\" alt=\"manel-castella\" width=\"90\" height=\"90\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.barnaclinic.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/manel-castella.png 310w, https:\/\/www.barnaclinic.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/manel-castella-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/www.barnaclinic.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/manel-castella-300x300.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 90px) 100vw, 90px\" \/><\/a><\/h4>\n<h4>&#8220;We had doubts, but we did not want to nor could we lose hearts when we had two patients in an optimal situation for the surgery&#8221;<\/h4>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.barnaclinic.com\/en\/professionals\/27\/manuel\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Dr. Manuel Castell\u00e0<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<h2>THE SECOND TEAM RETURNED VOLUNTARILY<\/h2>\n<p>As neither of the explants could be delayed, another complete explant and implant team was mobilised for the <strong>second heart transplant<\/strong>. The professionals who performed the second transplant were not on duty and had already finished their shift. <strong>They voluntarily returned at dawn to perform a surgery that lasted more than five hours<\/strong>. For this reason, Dr <strong>Elena Sandoval<\/strong>, a cardiovascular surgeon at the Clinic, says that it is an &#8220;example of success for patients but also for all professionals.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>There is a similar precedent in 2003, when the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.barnaclinic.com\/en\/cardiovascular-surgery\/index\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>cardiovascular surgery<\/strong><\/a> team of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hospitalclinic.org\/en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Hospital Cl\u00ednic de Barcelona<\/strong><\/a> performed <strong>two heart transplants in less than 24 hours<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.hospitalclinic.org\/es\/2019\/03\/el-clinic-realiza-por-primera-vez-dos-trasplantes-cardiacos-de-forma-simultanea\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">In its statement<\/a>, the<a href=\"https:\/\/www.hospitalclinic.org\/es\/asistencia\/atencion-hospitalaria\/cardiovascular\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong> Cardiovascular Clinical Institute<\/strong><\/a> and the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hospitalclinic.org\/es\/asistencia\/atencion-hospitalaria\/cardiovascular\/servicio-de-cirugia-cardiovascular\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Cardiovascular Surgery Department<\/strong> <\/a>of the Hospital Cl\u00ednic also congratulated and thanked the professionals who participated in the first two simultaneous heart transplants.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<div id=\"estoy-interesado\" class=\"destacat-site\">\n<div class=\"row\">\n<div class=\"medium-8 columns title content\">\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft\" style=\"padding-left: 20px; padding-right: 10px; padding-top: 20px;\" src=\"http:\/\/www.barnaclinic.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/cirugia-cardiovascular.png\" width=\"90\" height=\"90\" \/><\/p>\n<h1 style=\"padding-left: 15px; padding-right: 15px;\" align=\"LEFT\"><span style=\"color: white;\">ASK FOR AN APPOINTMENT WITH CARDIOVASCULAR SURGERY<\/span><\/h1>\n<p class=\"boto\" style=\"padding-left: 30px; padding-right: 20px;\" align=\"center\"><a class=\"button\" href=\"https:\/\/www.barnaclinic.com\/en\/solicitar-cita\/?especialidad=54\" target=\"_blank&amp;\">REQUEST APPOINTMENT<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Cardiovascular Surgery Department of the Hospital Cl\u00ednic de Barcelona led by Dr\u00a0Manuel Castell\u00e0 has, for the first time, performed two heart transplants simultaneously. 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