Canada’s First Non-Beating Heart Transplant Could Lead to Shorter Wait Lists: UHN
Dr. Seyed Alireza Rabi, shown in this undated handout photo, led a multidisciplinary team at University Health Network, in Toronto, that performed the first Canadian death by circulatory criteria (DCC) heart transplant in September 2025. The Canadian Press/Handout-UHN Foundation
A Toronto hospital says it transplanted a heart that stopped beating last month in a Canadian first that has the potential to substantially shorten the long wait for a donor.
University Health Network says the procedure could grow the national donor pool by 30 percent if the practice is expanded across the country.
