Heart transplant

Heart transplant: A surgical procedure in which a diseased heart is replaced with a healthy heart from a deceased person.
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Heart transplants aren't successful for everyone. Your new heart may fail because of organ rejection, because of damage to the new organ due to the underlying causes of heart failure, or because of other factors that couldn't be controlled.
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Heart transplant follow-up
Your child will have very close follow-up with the transplant team after leaving the hospital. This will allow for close monitoring of your child and the function of the transplanted heart.
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A heart transplant is indicated only in the following situations:
The person has end-stage heart failure, ischemic heart disease, cardiomyopathy, or congenital heart disease.
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Heart transplantation
Angiotensin Converting Enzyme-inhibitors (ACE-Inhibitors)
Angiotensin II receptor antagonists (commonly called angiotensin II receptor blockers) ...
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A heart transplant is surgery in which a patient with a life-threatening heart problem receives a new, healthy heart from a person who has died.
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Just as with heart transplantation, demand for donor lungs is greater than the supply. In 1998, 3144 people were on the waiting list for a lung transplant; 498 (16%) died before getting a donor organ.
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When all other options fail, some patients may need a heart transplant. Children with congenital heart disease require lifelong monitoring, even after successful surgery.
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Cardiac Transplant (Heart Transplant)
Coronary Artery Bypass Graft Surgery (Heart Bypass Surgery)
Coronary Bypass (Heart Bypass Surgery)
Coronary Revascularization (Heart Bypass Surgery)
Heart and Lung Transplant
Heart Bypass Surgery ...
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Indicated as a bridge for patients awaiting heart transplant, the battery-operated system allows complete mobility for patients in the outpatient setting.
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"This is the type of heart disease that makes individuals a candidate for heart transplant . . It is typical that $1 per month in selenium supplement would prevent this disease and the need for a $250,000 procedure that carries a 20% mortality rate.
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One is to do a heart transplant early in life. This means that a small donor heart, which is very rare, must be available. It also means that the patient will have to take a number of medicines to prevent rejection of the new heart.
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When heart function is very poor, a heart transplant may be considered for some patients (not in those with AL type amyloidosis, however, since their disease compromises many organs).
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Patients who are immunocompromised, such those with HIV or organ transplants, especially heart transplants, are at greater risk for primary lymphoma of the brain.
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Frank Torre
Former Major League Baseball Player and Heart Transplant Recipient
Hildegard K. Toth, MD
New York University Medical Center ...
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Our advanced ability to perform tissue and organ transplants has also increased the number of people vulnerable to fungal infections. Transplant recipients, particularly those receiving bone marrow or heart transplants, ...
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such as the intra-aortic balloon pump (IABP) and the left ventricular assist device (LVAD). These devices can be life-saving, but they are not permanent solutions. Patients who become dependent on circulatory support will need a heart transplant.
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A small piece of heart tissue is taken via a small forceps inserted into the cardiac catheter site (usually threaded through a vein in the neck). This test may reveal the cause of a cardiomyopathy, myocarditis, amyloidosis, or a heart transplant ...
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Heart transplant
Heart valve repair
Heart valve replacement
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