21. Heart Transplant Website Built By John Fisher Heart Recipient Heart recipient John Fisher has created this website with information and resources for pre and post heart transplant patients. http://tmsyn.wc.ask.com/r?t=an&s=hb&uid=24312681243126812&sid=343126

22. Cliff Steer: Heart Man FREE VIDEO!!! Free video by a heart transplant patient, aimed at Jr. High kids, about positive life styles, the nonuse of drugs and alcohol, and organ donation. http://members.aol.com/cjsteer

Heart Man " visits schools in northern California and brings his old diseased heart with him as a graphic example of what alcohol abuse and cigarette smoking can do to your body. This video is recommended by: * Santa Clara County Office of Education * American Heart Association *California Transplant Donor Network * San Jose Mercury News (Headlines - June 13, 1990) * San Francisco Examiner July 3, 1992 Compelling advice from a heart transplant patient who learned first-hand how smoking and drinking can ruin your life We would like to provide your organization with a FREE copy of this spellbinding video. Video Program Details Over 100,000 students in California have seen this presentation live in the past 10 years. 50 minutes in length. Is book marked to fit your time requirements. Discusses organ donor program and gives students a chance to receive more information on becoming a donor. How do I get my free video? E-mail or write us with your name and address. The first copy is absolutely free, including shipping at our expense. Additional copies are $5.00 to cover the cost of production and mailing. Send mail to: Heart Man 6404 Berwickshire Way San Jose, Ca 95120

23. Success, Life Expectancy, And Preservation Of Heart Transplants Question What is the rate of heart tranplant success? What is the life expectancy of a successful heart transplant patient? http://tmsyn.wc.ask.com/r?t=an&s=hb&uid=24312681243126812&sid=343126

24. The Heart Transplant Program Established in 1983, the Johns Hopkins heart transplant Program developed John Conte, MD, director of the Heart and Heart/Lung Transplant Programs and http://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/Transplant/Programs/heart/

Print This Page Johns Hopkins Comprehensive Transplant Center Heart Transplant Program Overview Specialty areas Heart Transplant Team Statistics Links to other important pages: The Heart Transplant Journey at Hopkins FAQs for Patients and Families FAQs for Referring Physicians Patient and Family Support ... Fellowships and Medical Education Opportunities Overview Patients who come to Johns Hopkins gain access to the vast resources of one of the world’s premier medical institutions. Whatever conditions face our patients, whatever challenges may arise during the transplantation process, the full resources of Johns Hopkins are available to them. Established in 1983, the Johns Hopkins Heart Transplant Program developed an approach to treating congestive heart failure that is reducing hospital admissions, improving the quality of life for patients and lowering mortality rates. Besides an aggressive medical approach, the program stresses intensive education and lifestyle counseling. Johns Hopkins is proactive in maintaining or stabilizing patients awaiting heart transplants. "The transplant team at Hopkins is the best there is. They don't treat you like a file, but like a human being. They cared about family and even got somebody to help with the kids. They became our closest friends." -

25. The Official Hard Transplant Web Site Doctors told me in 1996 I had 1 to 2 years to live without a heart transplant. Medicaid is really lousy here and my heart's still here, biking 2 miles http://www.homestead.com/ausable/oldindex.html

My literature piece. on us twin kids SO Guess Who Died First! May 2005 clickhere We were hungry, just barely alive... Debbie died of malnutrition when refused a feeding tube to save her HMO money Hurricanes 2004 August 26, 2004 , July 26, 2004 Mary's great novel ... June 2004 To Gov. Bush Everything on this page is an index. There's another little one here My most visited sites are for the movie A High Wind in Jamaica , Vietnam photos by a vet ( Dan), my grandparents , and Carr-Bowen.Sometimes I get request for stained glass repairs. No one responds to my site on cardiomyopathyalthough many used to .I keep every one seperateno links to my site from my Johnny G Lyon site, for example.This here page and one like it called simply www.homestead.com/ausable are my only indexes, and portals to all my sites. Here are some examples of what is on my sprawling Me-o -city: 12 Funny or Thought Provoking Forwards You'll Love. MY 15-year-old's manga, novel, and art My Boarding School (Life in Boarding School in 1970-73) Survivors Of Us May 2004 WORST, May Going into the Poverty thing Deeper (SOS) ... May 2003 Today while the blossom still clings to the vine Apr 24,2003

26. ISHLT The International Society For Heart Lung Transplantation MCSD Database. Applications. Current Recipients. Past Recipients. Heart/Lung Transplant Registry. MCSD Database. Annual Meeting. Fall Meeting . http://tmsyn.wc.ask.com/r?t=an&s=hb&uid=24312681243126812&sid=343126

27. Heart Without a heart transplant, survival will be limited to one or two years. heart transplant patients are then required to stay in the London area for http://www.lhsc.on.ca/transplant/heart.htm

Heart transplantation Heart transplantation has dramatically changed since Dr. Christiaan Barnard performed the world's first heart transplant on December 3, 1967 in Cape Town, South Africa. Anti-rejection drugs and other advances during the 1980s have made heart transplantation an effective therapy for carefully selected patients with advanced heart disease. How does the heart work? The heart is a hollow organ with tough, muscular walls located under the breast bone (sternum). The heart is about the size of a fist and contracts rhythmically to pump blood to the lungs and to the rest of the body. The heart is divided into two sides by a vertical wall (septum). Each side of the heart again divides into upper and lower chambers. Valves inside these chambers prevent blood from flowing backwards. The heart receives deoxygenated blood from all parts of the body, and pumps this blood to the lungs. Here, the lungs supply the blood with oxygen. After receiving this oxygen-rich blood, the heart pumps it back to the body through the aorta (the largest blood vessel leaving the left side of the heart). Because the heart is a muscle doing continuous work, it needs its own oxygen-rich blood supply. This blood is supplied by the coronary arteries which branch off from the aorta. Who needs a heart transplant?

28. Index An indepth look at this disorder, discussing major causes, heart failure syndrome, treatment and procedures and many other topics. http://www.med.jhu.edu/heart/

Home Definitions Evaluation and Treatment Familial Cardiomyopathy Patient Resources ... Your Support The Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions has become a leading center for the treatment and study of patients with cardiomyopathy. The Johns Hopkins Cardiomyopathy and Heart Failure Practice is dedicated to excellence in patient care, research and education. We created this Web Site to describe the clinical developments as well as the members of the multidisciplinary team assembled at Johns Hopkins to fight cardiomyopathy and heart failure. No two patients with heart failure, cardiomyopathy or heart transplantation are identical. The appropriate treatment of individual cases varies greatly. The information expressed in this Web site should not be considered medical advice. Patients should consult their physician. All content is reviewed by staff of the Johns Hopkins Cardiomyopathy and Heart Failure Practice. If you have any questions or concerns, please contact the Cardiomyopathy and Heart Failure Practice through the main cardiology office at 443-287-6720. This site was last updated on: 08/11/2004 Carnegie 568, 600 N. Wolfe Street, Baltimore, Maryland 21287 USA

29. BBC NEWS Wales South East Wales Heart Transplant Baby Dies One of Britain's youngest heart transplant patients, Natalie Cole from south Wales, has died at the age of 14. http://tmsyn.wc.ask.com/r?t=an&s=hb&uid=24312681243126812&sid=343126

30. Organ Transplant - Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia Lung pioneer James Hardy attempted a human heart transplant in 1964, By 1984 twothirds of all heart transplant patients survived for five years or more http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heart_transplant

Wikimedia needs your help in the final day of its fund drive. See our fundraising page Over US$240,000 has been donated since the drive began on 19 August. Thank you for your generosity! Organ transplant From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. (Redirected from Heart transplant An organ transplant is the transplantation of a whole or partial organ from one body to another, for the purpose of replacing the recipient's damaged or failing organ with a working one from the donor. Organ donors can be living , or deceased (previously referred to as cadaveric). Contents Types of Transplant Autograft Allograft Isograft ... edit Types of Transplant edit Autograft A transplant of tissue from one to oneself. Sometimes this is done with surplus tissue, or tissue that can regenerate, or tissues more desperately needed elsewhere (examples include skin grafts vein extraction for CABG, etc.) Sometimes this is done to remove the tissue and then treat it or the person, before returning it (examples include stem-cell autograft and storing blood in advance of surgery edit Allograft An allograft is a transplanted organ or tissue from a genetically non-identical member of the same species . Most human tissue and organ transplants are allografts. edit Isograft A subset of allografts in which organs or tissues are transplanted from one to a genetically identical other (such as an identical twin ). This is differentiated because it is anatomically identical to an allograft, but closer to autograft in terms of

31. Heart Transplant A heart transplant is a procedure in which a diseased heart is removed and replaced with a donor heart. http://my.webmd.com/hw/heart_disease/hw30661.asp

var guid_source = ""; var guid_source_id = ""; //unused var encodedurl = ""; WebMD Today Home WebMD News Center XML News via RSS Member Services WebMD University My WebMD Find a Physician Medical Info Check Symptoms Medical Library Health Tools Clinical Trials ... Women, Men, Lifestyle Who We Are About WebMD Site Map You are in All Conditions ADD/ADHD Allergies Alzheimer's Arthritis Asthma Back Pain Bipolar Disorder Breast Cancer Cancer Cholesterol Management Dental Depression Diabetes Epilepsy Eye Health Heart Disease Hepatitis HIV/AIDS Hypertension Men's Conditions Mental Health Migraines/Headaches Multiple Sclerosis Osteoporosis Parkinson's Sexual Conditions Stroke Weight Control Women's Conditions Health Topics Symptoms Medical Tests Medications ... References Heart transplant Surgery Overview A heart transplant is a procedure in which a diseased heart is removed and replaced with a donor heart. During a heart transplant, blood is circulated through the body with a mechanical pump while the diseased heart is removed and replaced with a healthy heart from a recently deceased donor. The donor heart is connected to the major blood vessels and hooked up to wires that temporarily control the heartbeat. The procedure takes several hours.

32. Transplant Living: Organ Donation And Transplantation Information For Patients In the three decades since the first human heart transplant occurred in 1967, the procedure has changed Nursing Care of the heart transplant Recipient. http://www.transplantliving.org/duringthetransplant/heart.aspx

Heart Lung Heart/Lung Kidney Pancreas Kidney/Pancreas Liver Intestine During the Transplant Heart In the three decades since the first human heart transplant occurred in 1967, the procedure has changed from an experimental operation to an established treatment for advanced heart disease. They are now the the third most common organ transplant operation in the U.S. Arriving at the Hospital The process of being admitted and preparing for transplant surgery can vary greatly. Talk to your physician about how your transplant hospital will handle this phase of the process. The Procedure There are two very different surgical approaches to heart transplantation: the orthotopic and the heterotopic approach. Because the length of this surgery is different for every patient, families should talk with the surgeon about what to expect. Orthotopic Approach. The more common of the two procedures, the orthotopic approach, requires replacing the recipient heart with the donor heart. After the donor heart is removed, preserved and packed for transport, it must be transplanted into the recipient within four to five hours. The recipient receives general anesthesia and is placed on a bypass machine to oxygenate the blood while the heart transplant is being performed. After the recipient's heart is removed, the donor heart is prepared to fit and implantation begins. Heterotopic Approach.

33. CHFpatients.com - Heart Transplant - Real Life Stories CHFpatients.com What is really involved in a heart transplant? Real life stories. http://www.chfpatients.com/tx/txstories.htm

Real People With New Hearts If you have had a heart transplant and would like to share your story here, please e-mail me Taavi Kubits Randy Buffington Janice also see Me Too! Taavi Kubits More about Taavi's experience at www.geocities.com/ehtlibahunt/transplant.html My primary care doctor first referred me to a "consulting cardiologist" for a second opinion. This was an HMO requirement. The appointment seemed to be as much an interview as an examination. It was encouraging because he described what we were going through as a decision-making process. Up until now, my regular doctors seemed to taking it for granted that a heart transplant would be needed. It was agreed that I would go through the full formal transplant evaluation at the University of Minnesota. Before my transplant evaluation, I hand carried a copy of my medical records to the University so they wouldn't get lost. All the HMO paperwork also had to be approved in advance. The evaluation schedule called for 5 rather full days of tests. Since I was still working, I had to take vacation time. While I was not told to bring someone with me, I would strongly suggest that you do so. The week was so tiring that I'm sure I missed some important points. The moral support and encouragement another person might have provided would have been great. The evaluation process is pretty overwhelming Day 1 Mid-January, the coldest week of the year!

34. Pediatric Heart Transplant Services For Hypoplatic Left Heart Syndrome And Conge The St. Louis Children’s Hospital heart transplant program offers comprehensive transplant services to children with congenital heart defects including http://www.stlouischildrens.org/articles/kids_parents.asp?ID=215

35. Heart Transplant A heart transplant may be recommended for heart failure caused by heart transplant surgery is not recommended for patients who have http://www.shands.org/health/surgeries/100086.html

Heart transplant Normal anatomy The heart is located in the chest cavity, or thorax. It pumps blood from the lungs to the rest of the body. Review Date: 07/04/01 Reviewed By: A.D.A.M. Medical Illustration Team Indications A heart transplant may be recommended for heart failure caused by: coronary artery disease cardiomyopathy (thickening of the heart walls) heart valve disease with congestive heart failure severe congenital heart disease Heart transplant surgery is not recommended for patients who have: kidney, lung, or liver disease insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus (IDDM) other life-threatening diseases Review Date: 07/04/01 Reviewed By: A.D.A.M. Medical Illustration Team Procedure Heart transplants are the third most common (corneas and kidneys are the most common) transplant operations in the U.S. (over 1,500 cases per year). A healthy heart is obtained from a donor who has suffered brain death but remains on life-support. The healthy heart is transported in a special solution that preserves the organ. While the patient is deep asleep and pain-free (general anesthesia), an incision is made through the breast bone (sternum). The patient's blood is re-routed through tubes to a heart-lung bypass machine to keep the blood oxygen-rich and circulating. The patient's diseased heart is removed and the donor heart is stitched in place. Review Date: 07/04/01 Reviewed By: A.D.A.M. Medical Illustration Team

36. Heart Transplant The Stanford team has conducted more than 1000 heart transplants. heart transplant patients benefit from the model of a cardiac transplant team http://cardiology.stanford.edu/Programs_CVMED/transpla.htm

We are accepting applications for two heart failure/transplant fellows each academic year and will soon be advertising for the positions for the 2002-2003 academic year. Heart, Heart-Lung, and Lung Transplant Program Stanford has been recognized as the pioneering center for heart transplants. Dr. Norman Shumway and his colleagues developed the experimental basis for transplants in their early work, which laid the groundwork for the first adult heart transplant in the United States at Stanford in January of 1968. Since then, many innovations have originated with the Stanford program, which continues to advance new techniques in surgery. The Stanford team has conducted more than 1000 heart transplants. In 1981, the first successful transplantation of the lung was performed at Stanford by Dr. Bruce Reitz and his colleagues as a heart-lung transplant. This was made possible by the use of the immunosuppressive drug, cyclosporine, and previous laboratory research performed at Stanford. The Stanford team is the longest continually active team performing lung transplantation, and new advances continue to be made in our research laboratories. At Stanford, more than 150 patients have received a heart-lung transplant, and recently, more than 120 patients have received either a single lung or double lung transplant. Innovations, which have been introduced in the transplant field from Stanford, have included:

37. NOVA Online | Electric Heart This is the story of a handful of brilliant, obsessed surgeons and researchers who pursued the target of a practical artificial heart for decades. Includes heart facts, an overview of a heart transplant, and artificial heart technology. http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/eheart/

Welcome to the companion Web site to the NOVA program "Electric Heart," originally broadcast on December 21, 1999. The program tells the story of a handful of brilliant, obsessed surgeons and researchers who have pursued the target of a practical artificial heart for decades. Here's what you'll find online: Map of the Human Heart Put your finger on the pulse of how the human heart works with an automatically changing color graphic of a heart in cross-section. Amazing Heart Facts Did you know that, on any given day, your heart beats roughly 100,000 times and your blood travels about 12,000 miles as it circulates throughout your body? Find more dazzling details here. The Artificial Human Merely a good idea for a TV show a quarter century ago, the $6 Million Man - or woman - could practically exist today, with everything from hips of steel to laboratory-grown skin regularly replacing what nature originally provided. Meet our fake friend. Pioneering Surgeon: O. H. Frazier O. H. Frazier has done more heart transplants than anyone else alive, well over 700. He also stands at the forefront of researchers striving to create a viable total artificial heart. Here he talks about his work, his thoughts, and his hopes. Operation: Heart Transplant (Hot Science) Don your surgical mask and try your hand as a heart-transplant surgeon metaphorically speaking in this simplified online procedure.

38. Loma Linda University International Heart Institute Provides information from heart transplants to hearthealthy recipes. http://www.llu.edu/ihi/

Site index Contact document.write(''); document.write(''); Loma Linda International Heart Institute IHI home Contact us Information ... Back About Loma Linda International Heart Institute Opened in 1987, Loma Linda International Heart Institute serves as the cardiac service line of Loma Linda University Medical Center.  Cardiologists, cardiothoracic surgeons, nurses, and other clinicians are committed to work as an integrated cardiac specialty team to provide compassionate patient-centered care. The Heart Institute offers full cardiac services from diagnostic procedures such as echocardiograms and cardiac stress tests to cardiac surgery and transplantation. LLUAHSC University Medical Center Children's Hospital ... Employment Send web site comments and questions to webmaster@llu.edu . For other inquiries, please see our contact information web page. URL: http://www.llu.edu Privacy information Last Revised: Thu, Aug 11, 2005

39. Heart Transplant - Texas Heart Institute Heart Information Center The need for a heart transplant can be traced to one of many heart problems, A heart transplant is an expensive procedure. Medicare and many private http://www.tmc.edu/thi/hearttx.html

//var DOCUMENTGROUP=''; //var DOCUMENTNAME=''; //var ACTION=''; Texas Heart Institute at St. Luke's Episcopal Hospital Again Ranked Among Nation's Top 10 Heart Centers Click here for Heart Owner's Update This publication contains information to help you understand and live a heart-healthy lifestyle. We subscribe to the HONcode principles. Verify here. Heart Transplantation (En español) The first heart transplants were performed in the late 1960s. But it was not until the use of anti-rejection medicines in the 1980s that the procedure became an accepted operation. Today, heart transplantation provides hope for a select group of patients who would otherwise die of heart failure. Established in 1982, the transplant program at the Texas Heart Institute at St. Luke's Episcopal Hospital is one of the most experienced, successful programs in the world. Its surgeons have performed more than 920 transplant procedures. The key to the program's success is an experienced, highly skilled transplant team that includes surgeons, cardiologists, nurses, operating room personnel, social workers, psychologists, dietitians, rehabilitation specialists, and many other professionals. The team works to meet every need faced by transplant candidates, including emotional, family, and financial needs.

40. Heart And Heart/Lung Transplants About 80 percent of heart transplant patients survive 1 year or more. About 60 percent of heart/lung transplants live at least 1 year after surgery. http://www.unav.es/emp/hrtlung.html

Heart and heart/lung transplants Read the following National Institutes of Health information sheet on heart and heart/lung transplants and answer the questions. Remember that this is information for the general public so the language used is not very "technical". Facts About Heart and Heart/Lung Transplants In the two decades since the performance of the first human heart transplant in December 1967, the procedure has changed from an experimental operation to an established an experimental operation to an established treatment for advanced heart disease. Approximately 1,600 heart transplants are performed each year in the United States. Since 1981, combined heart and lung transplants have been used to treat patients with conditions that severely damage both these organs. As of 1990, about 800 people worldwide have received heart/lung transplants. In 1983, a major barrier to the success of transplantation- rejection of the donor organ by the patient-was overcome . The drug cyclosporine was introduced to suppress rejection of a donor heart or heart/lung by the patient's body. Cyclosporine and other medications to control rejection have significantly improved the survival of transplant patients. About 80 percent of heart transplant patients survive 1 year or more. About 60 percent of heart/lung transplants live at least 1 year after surgery. Research is

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