Kamran Musayev: First Heart Transplant in the Caucasus Performed in Azerbaijan Is a Success

Kamran Musayev, honorary chairman of the Society of Heart and Vascular Surgery, has called the performance of the first heart transplant in the Caucasus in Azerbaijan a historic success. He spoke to journalists at a conference held within "Heart Transplantation Week", marking the first anniversary of the first donor heart transplant in Azerbaijan and the South Caucasus.

He said interest in transplantation has grown in Azerbaijan along two lines: families of brain-dead donors agreeing to donate organs, and people registering voluntarily while alive. Most of those who registered voluntarily with the Coordination Centre of the Ministry of Health did so in the past year, which he said shows trust in Azerbaijani doctors. The number of patients awaiting transplants has also risen significantly.

Musayev noted that children are also among those waiting. "Among our patients waiting for a heart transplant there are people from all age groups, from four- or five-year-old children to 60-year-old adults," he said.