Bert Janssen, from the Netherlands, is the world’s longest-surviving heart transplant patient, having survived for 39 years and 252 days. He broke the previous record held by Harold Sokyrka from Canada who held it for 34 years. Janssen underwent heart transplantation at Harefield Hospital in England, performed by Prof Sir Magdi Yacoub.World’s longest-surviving heart transplant patient
Bert Janssen, from the Netherlands, is the world’s longest-surviving heart transplant patient, having survived for 39 years and 252 days. He broke the previous record held by Harold Sokyrka from Canada who held it for 34 years. Janssen underwent heart transplantation at Harefield Hospital in England, performed by Prof Sir Magdi Yacoub.