161. Artificial Heart Helps People Awaiting Transplants The FDA approves the first temporary artificial heart. http://www.fda.gov/fdac/features/2005/105_heart.html

FDA Home Page Search FDA Site FDA A-Z Index Contact FDA ... To a Friend FDA Consumer magazine January-February 2005 Issue Artificial Heart Helps People Awaiting Transplants By Michelle Meadows The FDA has approved a partial artificial heart that keeps people alive in the hospital while they wait for a heart transplant. The SynCardia CardioWest Temporary Total Artificial Heart is intended to be a "bridge to transplant" for people who don't respond to other treatments and who could die from non-reversible biventricular heart failure, a condition in which both the left and right sides of the heart are not functioning properly. The device, cleared for marketing in October 2004, is the first of its kind authorized to be sold in the United States. Heart failure occurs when the heart can't pump enough blood through the body. "People with Class IV biventricular failure are considered to be at the highest stage of severity of heart failure," says Marvin J. Slepian, M.D., a cardiologist and president of SynCardia Systems in Tucson, Ariz., which manufactures the artificial heart. "Even at rest, these patients are having symptoms such as shortness of breath." Slepian says the artificial heart is like a safety net for some patients, making them a better candidate for transplantation. The goal is to improve blood function, as well as lung and kidney function.

162. CNN - Report Finds Wide Disparity In Survival In Heart, Liver Transplants - Octo CNN http://www.cnn.com/HEALTH/9910/13/transplants.01/index.html

MAIN PAGE WORLD U.S. LOCAL ... daily almanac MULTIMEDIA: video video archive audio multimedia showcase ... more services E-MAIL: Subscribe to one of our news e-mail lists. Enter your address: document.write(' '); Or: Get a free e-mail account E-MAIL DISCUSSION: message boards chat feedback CNN WEB SITES: AsiaNow Svenska Norge Danmark ... Italian FASTER ACCESS: europe japan TIME INC. SITES: Go To ... Time.com People Money Fortune EW CNN NETWORKS: more networks transcripts SITE INFO: help contents search ad info ... jobs WEB SERVICES: health > story page Report finds wide disparity in survival in heart, liver transplants October 13, 1999 Web posted at: 3:22 a.m. EDT (0722 GMT) In this story: Bill would reduce government power over transplant network Liver transplants show varied results RELATED STORIES, SITES WASHINGTON (AP) Patients' chances of getting a new liver or heart and surviving at least a year differ vastly depending on what hospital treats them, according to a first-ever government study that found a "striking" disparity in the success of U.S. transplant centers. The report was obtained by The Associated Press a day before legislation remaking the nation's transplant policies is expected to pass the House Commerce Committee.

163. Home . Kidney Transplant / Lung Transplant / Liver Transplant / Heart Transplant A UKbased site with updates and information for recipients of organ transplants. http://www.talktransplant.com/

Home Kidney Liver Heart ... Usage terms B vitamin supplements may harm heart patients 08 September 2005 more... New approach for high blood pressure 08 September 2005 more... Islet transplants success 07 September 2005 more... more transplant news this week ... Free fortnightly newsletter... Welcome to TalkTransplant Talk Transplant is a UK website that aims to provide comprehensive information about organ transplant to patients, their families and their carers. The site contains indepth information on heart transplant, liver transplant, lung transplant and kidney transplant, and articles about dialysis , transplant operations and transplant medication. We have a panel of advisors from both the professional and the patient side of transplant, so whether your facing a kidney transplant or about to be a live organ donor, or you are a carer for somebody with an organ transplant, we have the transplant information to help you. To learn more about kidney transplant click here , for liver transplant click here , for heart transplant click here and for lung transplant click here.

164. Welcome To The Plymouth Hospitals NHS Trust Provides health care to communities in Plymouth, SouthWest Devon and South-East Cornwall, specialist services such as neurosurgery, heart surgery and kidney transplants for the whole of the south-west peninsula, and medical support for the British Antarctic Survey Team. Includes information about departments. http://www.derriford.co.uk/

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165. Welcome To The University Medical Center Tucson, Arizona Providing heart, cancer care, including transplants for adults and pediatrics. Primary and specialty care services.(Tucson, Arizona) http://www.azumc.com

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166. MGH Heart Failure Services- Congestive Heart Failure, Transplants, And More The MGH heart Failure Service is recognized internationally for its research, education, and oneon-one patient care. Learn about congestive heart failure, http://www.massgeneral.org/cardiology/cardiology/failure.html

Expertise in Heart Failure and Heart Transplantation Five million Americans have Congestive Heart Failure Our team works with referring physicians to help patients cope with congestive heart failure on a daily basis. They also evaluate and manage a spectrum of heart disease that results in CHF, including: Cardiomyopathy (weakened heart muscle) In some cases, patients may require Heart transplantation . Massachusetts General Hospital experts in heart failure work closely with the Mass General Cardiac Transplantation Program. For more information, please call the Massachusetts General Hospital Heart Center at 866-MGH-8910. Or for self-referral, please call 617-726-1843 or e-mail Kate Traynor, RN at ktraynor@partners.org . For hospital transfers, please call the cardiology answering service at 617-726-9292 and ask to page Maryanne Kiely, the MGH Cardiac Access Nurse. Heart Failure and Transplantation Information for Patients What is Congestive Heart Failure? Diseases That Cause Congestive Heart Failure What is a Cardiac Cardiomyopathy? ... General Information Information for Patients back to top What is Congestive Heart Failure?

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