Longest-surviving heart transplant patient breaks world record
by Storm Newton
Feb 08, 2024
2 minutes
The longest-surviving heart transplant patient, who underwent his operation in England, has been recognised by Guinness World Records.
Bert Janssen, 57, from the Netherlands, has survived 39 years with the donor heart he received at Harefield Hospital in London in the 1980s.
After developing flu-like symptoms when he was 17, Mr Janssen was diagnosed with cardiomyopathy, a
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