Heart Transplant Surgery Procedures
Health Encyclopedia: Heart Transplant
Heart transplantation is a surgical procedure to remove a damaged or diseased heart and replace it with a healthy donor heart.
Alternative Names
Cardiac transplant; Transplant - heart
Description
Heart transplantis the fourth most common transplant operation in the U.S., with over 2,200 cases per year. Cornea, kidney and liver transplants are the most common. A healthy heart is obtained from a donor who is brain dead but on life-support. Th...
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Health Guide
Open heart surgery
...surgery Heart bypass surgery (coronary artery bypass graft - CABG) Heart transplant Heart valve prosthesis Heart valve surgery ... Read more »Heart transplant
...medications Problems breathing Risks for any surgery are: Bleeding Infection Heart transplants carry major risks. There is a greater risk of infection because of the drugs... Read more »Heart transplant
...Names Cardiac transplant; Transplant - heart Expectations after surgery Heart transplant prolongs the life of a patient who would otherwise die. About 80% of heart... Read more »Hypoplastic left heart
...develop hard to control arrhythmias or other complications of the Fontan procedure. In some hospitals, heart transplantation is considered to be a better alternative to the 3-step surgery... Read more »Tricuspid atresia
...develop hard to control arrhythmias or other complications of the Fontan procedure. In some hospitals, heart transplantation is considered to be a better alternative to the 3-step surgery... Read more »Images
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Infection Dangerous After Heart Transplant
November 06, 2007(Ivanhoe Newswire) -- Patients who develop a central nervous system infection after having a heart transplant are at serious risk for death.... Read summary »
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