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Osaka hospital succeeds in novel heart valve transplant

OSAKA, Japan - Osaka University professor Yoshiki Sawa (L) speaks at a press conference in Suita, Osaka Prefecture, on Oct. 27, 2014, about the first successful transplant surgery in Japan to replace a heart valve with a decelluraized one from a deceased donor. The 35-year-old patient (R) underwent the surgery at the Osaka University Hospital on Oct. 16 and has recovered steadily.

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Cell sheet successfully transplanted to girl's heart

OSAKA, Japan - Yoshiki Sawa, a professor in the Department of Cardiovascular Surgery at Osaka University Hospital, talks in Suita, Osaka Prefecture, western Japan, on July 23, 2014, about his team's successful transplant of a sheet of cells to the heart of an 11-year-old girl, stricken with a grave heart disease, and subsequent improvement in her heart's functions. The cells were cultivated after being taken from the girl's own calf muscle tissue. It is believed to be the world's first such surgery performed on a child.

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Osaka hospital succeeds in novel heart valve transplant

OSAKA, Japan - Osaka University professor Yoshiki Sawa (L) speaks at a press conference in Suita, Osaka Prefecture, on Oct. 27, 2014, about the first successful transplant surgery in Japan to replace a heart valve with a decelluraized one from a deceased donor. The 35-year-old patient (R) underwent the surgery at the Osaka University Hospital on Oct. 16 and has recovered steadily. (Kyodo)