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Canada’s First Non-Beating Heart Transplant Could Lead to Shorter Wait Lists: UHN

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Canada’s First Non-Beating Heart Transplant Could Lead to Shorter Wait Lists: UHN

Dr. Seyed Alireza Rabi, shown in this undated handout photo, led a multidisciplinary team at University Health Network, in Toronto, that performed the first Canadian death by circulatory criteria (DCC) heart transplant in September 2025. The Canadian Press/Handout-UHN Foundation

A Toronto hospital says it transplanted a heart that stopped beating last month in a Canadian first that has the potential to substantially shorten the long wait for a donor.

University Health Network says the procedure could grow the national donor pool by 30 percent if the practice is expanded across the country.

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