Surgeons: A Matter of Life or Death

A cardiac surgeon receives news of a potential donor heart for a mother of three

At the University Hospitals Birmingham, cardiac surgeon Aaron Ranasinghe receives news of a potential donor heart for 30-year-old mother of three, Katie. Once the operation starts, Aaron must work quickly to remove Katie's old heart, prepare for the new one, and then get blood flowing through it as soon as possible. Surgeons Rupesh Bhatt and David Bartlett prepare to operate on Edward, a grandfather with aggressive kidney cancer