Buying Time
A look at the work of Great Ormond Street's heart transplant team and the revolutionary artificial heart that keeps the patients alive until they can have a transplant.
This episode focuses on Great Ormond Street's heart transplant team. Every year, the number of donor hearts decreases: safer roads, better intensive care and a society reluctant to donate means fewer hearts and longer waits for children for whom transplant is the last resort. The Berlin Heart is a revolutionary machine that keeps these children alive. However, it's a precarious existence as the machine can only buy them time until the rare gift of a heart is made.
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Introduction to Great Ormond Street's Cardiology Department
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Credits
Role | Contributor |
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Director | Rob Gill |
Director | Rob Gill |
Series Producer | Simon Gilchrist |
Series Producer | Simon Gilchrist |
Broadcasts
- Tue 22 May 2012 21:00麻豆官网首页入口 HD & 麻豆官网首页入口 Two
- Thu 31 May 2012 02:15
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