First third-gen artificial heart implant successfully performed in Vietnam

The surgeons operating on the patient at the hospital in Hanoi. -- Photo: 108 Military Central Hospital / Vietnam News - ANN

HANOI (Vietnam News/ANN): Doctors at the 108 Military Central Hospital have successfully performed Vietnam’s first implantation of a third-generation partial artificial heart (LVAD – HeartMate 3).

This marks a significant milestone in the country’s medical field, bringing Vietnamese healthcare closer to the world’s most advanced systems.