Human Heart Transplant
Heart-and-lungtransplant is surgery to replace a diseased heart and lungs with a healthy heart and lungs from a human donor.
Alternative Names
Transplant - heart and lungs
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Heart-and-lung transplant operations have been performed since 1980 in the United States. Since 1995, between 30 and 70 heart-lung transplants are performed each year, according to the United Network for Organ Sharing (UNOS).
The donated heart and lungs are from a person who...
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