Doctors at Duke University in the US have successfully brought a “dead” heart back to life and transplanted it into a 3-month-old baby. This has never been done before in heart surgery.

The doctors used a new method called “on-table reanimation.” This technique uses a special machine to restart the heart after it has stopped beating, and it does this outside the body. The revived heart was then transplanted into the baby, who had been waiting for a donor.

The surgery was successful. Six months later, the baby’s heart is working normally, and there are no signs of the body rejecting the new heart.

Doctors say this method could help many more babies and people get heart transplants. It might increase the number of usable donor hearts by up to 30%.

Dr. Aaron Williams, the lead doctor in the study, said, “It’s something that has never been done in the field of heart transplantation with success. I think this is really going to be a game changer. This is going to be a technique that’s going to essentially have worldwide applicability.”

He also said this new method is cheaper and easier than current methods. It may help more countries access heart transplant technology.

However, not everyone agrees. Some people say there are ethical problems, like whether it is right to bring back a heart after someone has died. Another group of doctors at Vanderbilt University is working on a different way to preserve hearts without reviving them.

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