Scientists have proven suitability for transplanting hearts of drug addicts who died from overdose. It is reported by Daily Mail.
According to the latest studies, a significant difference in mortality rates between patients whose donors were used or abstained from their use, not observed. Scientists believe that the hearts of drug addicts who died from overdose, safe for transplantation and patients awaiting a new body should not refuse them.
Previously, American surgeons first conducted a successful transplantation of the Aeson artificial heart, developed by the French company Carmat. Artificial Heart has two ventricular chambers and four valves as a real body, it is powered by an external device. In an artificial heart made of biocompatible materials, including bovine tissue, a combination of sensors and algorithms is used to maintain the pace of heartbeat and blood circulation by body.