The organ was removed at the hospital in Treviso at 10 a.m. on May 11.
It was implanted in a 46-year-old patient with congenital heart disease. In Italy, stopped heart donation can only be carried out after a doctor has certified the death by performing an electrocardiogram for at least 20 minutes. The use of hearts from this type of donor could mean a 30% increase in the number of heart transplants, says the director of the National Transplant Center.