Azerbaijan to make heart transplants a systematic practice, expert says

Heart transplantation will become a systematic practice in Azerbaijan, and the related program will cover even more patients, said Kamran Musayev, Honorary Chairman of the Cardiovascular Surgery Society. He spoke at a conference held within Heart Transplant Week, according to Report. Musayev said the creation of the heart transplant program is one of the important outcomes of state policy in the healthcare sector. He recalled that Azerbaijan's work in this direction began in 1999.

«After 26-27 years of preparation, in February of last year, the country performed its first liver transplant from a deceased donor, and in October - the first such heart transplant,» he recalled. Musayev emphasized that the main goal is not only to perform complex surgeries but also to create a sustainable heart transplant system.

He also noted that all four heart transplant operations performed in Azerbaijan were technically successful. According to him, the entire system, from donation to the medical, social and other aspects of transplantation, has been tested in practice.