Dutch man recognised as ‘world’s longest-surviving coronary heart transplant affected person’ after London operation in 1984
A 57-year-old Dutch man has damaged the world report for the longest-surviving coronary heart transplant affected person.Bert Janssen has lived for 39 years with the donor coronary heart, which he acquired at Harefield Hospital in northwest London in 1984.
The achievement has now been recognised by Guinness World Records.Mr Janssen developed flu-like signs and was recognized aged 17 with cardiomyopathy, a situation that impacts the guts's capacity to pump blood across the physique.A coronary heart transplant had by no means been carried out within the Netherlands, however Mr Janssen's heart specialist had ties with Harefield and transplant pioneer Professor Sir Magdi Yacoub, who finally carried out the operation when Mr Janssen was 18.
His transplant was the 107th to be carri...