First heart transplant done at Clinical Center of Serbia after 14 years

After 14 years, a heart transplant was done again in Serbia at the Clinical Center of Serbia in the night between Friday and Saturday (20 and 21 September 2013).

Miljko Ristic, director of the Clinical Center of Serbia, confirmed to the national broadcasting corporation of Serbia (RTS) that a donor's heart had been successfully transplanted to a 52-year-old patient.

This surgery took more than six hours, and the patient is stable.

The first heart transplant in Serbia was done in 1995 at Dedinje Institute of Cardiovascular Diseases in Belgrade, whereas the last such surgery took place in 1999.

Klinički centar Srbije Beograd

Institut za kardiovaskularne bolesti Dedinje

Clinical Center of Serbia

CCS

cardiosurgery

heart tranplant

heart transplant in Serbia

Miljko Ristic

Dedinje Institute of Cardiovascular Diseases