2013, Number 4
Bol Med Hosp Infant Mex 2013; 70 (4)
Cardiac transplant in children: experience of the Hospital Infantil de México Federico Gómez
Argüero SR
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The first heart transplant in the world was performed in Cape Town, South Africa, almost half a century ago. In Mexico, heart transplantation was successfully performed for the first time on July 21, 1988. This event, of course, was the trigger for future transplant programs in the country. Transplantation of organs and tissues is sometimes the only alternative able to resolve tissue or organ failure because it allows not only rescuing the recipient’s life, but also allows for the patient to be reinstated into the social environment and to be productive. Certainly this intervention constitutes a milestone in medicine. Currently this procedure is performed in the Hospital Infantil de México Federico Gómez (HIMFG), the first specialty hospital established and created in the country under the administration of the National Institutes of Health of Mexico. At the completion of 70 years of excellent medical activity, it is clear that the HIMFG is a national tertiary-care referral center for all pediatric conditions and is a highly specialized institution, representing the “last link” in addressing complex medical problems.REFERENCES
Brink JG, Hassoulas J. The first human heart transplant and further advances in cardiac transplantation at Groote Schuur Hospital and the University of Cape Town-with reference to the operation. A human cardiac transplant: an interim report of a successful operation performed at Groote Schuur Hospital, Cape Town. Cardiovasc J Afr 2009;20:31-35.