Historic partial heart transplant replaces pre-teen’s artificial valve with a living one

11-year-old receives living donor heart valve to replace artificial one in breakthrough surgery

A young boy has received a living donor heart valve for the first time.

Historic partial heart transplant replaces pre-teen’s artificial valve with a living one

WASHINGTON, D.C., May 12, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- An 11-year-old boy is the first in the world to have an artificial heart valve replaced with a live tissue valve from a donated heart through a partial heart transplant. The procedure…

Maryland boy first in world to have artificial heart valve replaced with living one

An 11-year-old Maryland boy is making medical history after becoming the first person in the world to have an artificial heart valve replaced with a living valv