Youngest Vietnamese heart transplant patient goes home

VOV.VN - Nguyen Thanh Dat, who is believed to be the youngest Vietnamese patient to undergo a successful heart transplant, went home today (May 12) after nearly two months of hospital stay, said official at the Vietnam-Germany Hospital.

We are indebted to the doctors and the team at Vietnam-Germany Hospital, said family members. They've given Dat a new lease on life. We are all so very excited to be going home now.
 

Associate Professor Nguyen Huu Uoc, head of the Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery Department of the Hospital, said the young patient was diagnosed with myocardial expansion due to final-stage heart failure.

On March 15, doctors at Hospital successfully performed heart transplant surgery on the young man, which was the only treatment that would save his life, he added. The ten-year old is now in stable condition and his prognosis is good.

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