Heart Personal experiences of Doug Fredlund who holds the record for the longest wait for a transplant on a HeartMate LVAD at the University of Minnesota Hospital. http://Doug.BassGuitar.com/heart.htm
CryoLife : Biotechnologies For Medicine Probably the U.S. leader in research and cryopreservation of heart valves for transplant. Also preserves vascular tissue for heart bypass and vascular resonstruction, and connective tissue (tendons). Is also doing research in surgical glues. http://www.cryolife.com/
Extractions: Browse recommended reading now September 01, 2005 OPTN/UNOS Addressing Transplant Needs in Hurricane-Ravaged Area August 31, 2005 Women less likely to survive heart bypass surgery August 30, 2005 Aspirin use desirable before heart surgery - study August 29, 2005 Hepatic iron overload reduces survival after liver transplant August 25, 2005 Kidney donor exchange programs catching on August 25, 2005 Drug may keep transplanted kidneys healthier longer August 17, 2005 Lung Allocation Score (LAS) Calculator Available Online August 15, 2005 Alendronate prevents bone loss after liver transplantation August 12, 2005 Policy Proposals Issued for Public Comment Read about how certain organs work and access transplant survival rates, compare programs and view policies specific to organs from here. Learn more Find out how each organ works, transplant survival rates and waiting times.
Join Eccoblue In Her Fight To Survive Young woman in her twenties requires a double heart and liver transplant. Gallery, updates and background story. http://www.eccoblue.org/
HH Transplant Program Overview, program achievements, and specific information on heart, liver and kidney transplants. http://www.Harthosp.org/transplant/index.html
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Extractions: The girl you see on the picture is the almost 7 year old Roosje Smid, she has a unique congenital heart lung defect which results in a life threatening high blood pressure especially in the lung arteries. This defect is known as (Primary) Pulmonary Hypertension or PH / PPH . Today we know that Roos has Secondairy Pulmonary Hypertension. In Roos' case the defect is at least caused by the fact that the upper half of the arteries in the lungs that assimilate the oxygen from the air into the blood, have not been formed. Instead of these arteries extra (so called aberrant) arteries have been formed between the short and long blood circulation system, which is the cause for the high blood pressure in Roosjes lungs (around a factor of 4 above normal levels). Against this high pressure her heart has to work. It is beyond saying that eventually this little heart will lose this struggle. When this congenital defect was discovered at the age of 4 months, the lungs had already lost all their elasticity (compare this with an airballoon which had been filled with air for a long time) and the only hope was that her situation would remain stable - which it is up till today. The only thing which can save her today is a heart lung transplant, which is - of course - a very dangerous operation. However, the longer she will be able to fight this battle the further the medical sciences will develop and the better her future will be.
Extractions: California Pacific initiated the nationâs first heart transplant service in a private institution in 1984 and has been at the forefront of disease management and transplant ever since. We were the first center in the nation to successfully place and maintain a patient on a bi-ventricular assist device (BiVAD) while waiting for a donor heart and have been a leader in developing the âbridge-to-transplantation.â
Medical City Hospital - Transplant_Home Dallas hospital that provides transplant services including heart, lung, heartlung, kidney, kidney/pancreas and stem cell transplants. Offers advice on healthy living. http://www.medicalcitytransplants.com/
Extractions: Rebuilding lives, one at a time. More than a decade of transplant experience. You can't replace that. The Transplant Center at Medical City is as miraculous and sophisticated as the human body itself. Each part of the center, no matter how complex, works with the others in harmony. The result is a living, breathing testament to the power of leading-edge technology and the human spirit. What began in 1991 as a Heart Transplant Program has evolved into a leading regional center for heart, renal/pancreas and stem cell transplantation. Today, we are among the largest, most active transplant facilities in North Texas and the Southwest, having garnered national and international recognition. Our world-class physicians, many with over 20 years of transplant experience, make hope possible. They work closely with a large team of physicians with specialties from immunology to surgery to critical care-and all the specialties and subspecialties in between. The result is a level of care unique to our facility. At Medical City, patients benefit from an entire team of specialists. Each patient is guided through the transplant process by a nurse coordinator with support from a social worker, psychologist and financial coordinator, in addition to their transplant physician and surgeon. This approach makes every transplant a personal experience that the patient doesn't have to go through alone. Add to that a support group, cardiac and pulmonary rehabilitation, and extensive education, and you begin to see why we're unsurpassed in the region.
Methodist Specialty And Transplant Hospital - Home Page Intro Offers specialized medical services from heart, lung, and pancreas transplants to the latest treatments in impotency problems, incontinence problems and gastroenteric procedures. http://msth.sahealth.com
Extractions: Health Communities Healthy Aging Healthy Alternative Healthy Athlete Healthy Eating ... Print This Page Methodist Specialty and Transplant Hospital, located in the South Texas Medical Center, has 382 licensed beds. It is widely acclaimed throughout the Southwest for its specialized medical services from heart/lung, kidney and kidney/pancreas transplants to the latest treatments in impotency problems, incontinence problems and gastroenteric procedures. Laparoscopic surgery is performed in special, dedicated, state-of-the-art surgical suites. The facility also houses a program where specialized nurses working with law enforcement officers provide care for survivors of sexual assault. It also includes Psychiatric programs for children, adolescents, adults and elders as well as Chemical Dependency for adolescents, adults and elders. Additionally, rehabilitation services as well as LifeCare, long term acute care and VITAS in-patient hospice are available. The Methodist Cancer Center is housed in the hospital; the Center provides services and treatment to cancer patients throughout south Texas.
Extractions: WEB SERVICES: PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania (AP) For the first time, doctors have transplanted a patient's own skeletal muscle onto his heart to see if similar tissue could one day be used to treat heart disease. Under the procedure, a small amount of muscle from a patient's arm was removed, grown in a lab for two weeks and then grafted to his heart. The 48-year-old patient is awaiting a heart transplant.
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Extractions: Chief, Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery In most subspecialties, the Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery stands alone in the region and among the best in the world. CUMC's open-heart surgery program consistently performs over 1,500 open-heart procedures annually. From 1995 to 2003, CUMC surgeons performed 5,215 Coronary bypass surgeries with an observed mortality rate of 2%. For 2002 and 2003 our mortality was 1.9% and 0.8%, which is consistent with our excellent results over the past eight years. We also perform an unusually high percentage of valve procedures, and are recognized for innovation and expertise in valve repair. The Heart Transplant Program, directed by Donna Mancini, MD , was one of the first in the nation, has completed its 25th year, and has consistently been among the most active programs in the United States. Mehmet C. Oz, MD , and Yoshifumi Naka, MD lead an internationally recognized program in ventricular assist devices, which has become an important center for training, testing and implementation of new devices. A noteworthy recent achievement of this program was the publication of the landmark REMATCH trial , of which Dr. Eric A. Rose
LifeNet.org LifeNet is the largest, fullservice, non-profit allograft Tissue Banking System in the United States. LifeNet is also a non-profit, federally-designated, Organ Procurement Organization providing donation systems for heart, liver, kidney, pancreas,lung, and other organs for transplant. http://www.lifenet.org/
Extractions: Languages Time, Inc. Time.com People Fortune EW Dr. Rob Dowling operated on recipient of first fully self-contained artificial heart LOUISVILLE, Kentucky (CNN) An unidentified 50-year-old man who is the first recipient of a fully self-contained artificial heart has passed the 30-day mark since the device was implanted at a hospital in Louisville, Kentucky. Doctors had told him he had 30 days to live due to impending heart and renal troubles and his diabetes condition. CNN anchor Carol Lin spent some time speaking on Thursday with one of the artificial heart recipient's physicians, Dr. Rob Dowling, a heart surgeon. LIN: How is your patient doing? DOWLING: He's doing wonderful. He's gaining his strength. He's able to get up and move around. We're just very pleased with his progress. LIN: How is he spending his days now? What's he doing? DOWLING: Oh, yes, well, we kind of keep him busy. You know we have the physical therapists coming to see him and the nurses are exercising him and sometimes he just goes and sits and hangs out at the nurse's station and interacts with all the doctors, the lung doctors, the kidney doctors, everyone that's coming by. And sometimes he just listens to his CDs or watches a videotape, but you know, he's we keep him kind of busy.
Extractions: To date, Robert Wood Johnson University has done numerous heart transplants and all transplanted patients have had a one-year survival rate of 100%, compared to the national rate of 84.81%. The Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant Cardiology Program at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital has access to sophisticated diagnostic techniques, the latest and best in cardiac therapy, and a close working relationship between Cardiology and Cardiothoracic Surgery. The statistics make Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital one of the leading heart transplant programs in the country. In addition to patient survival rates, The Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant Cardiology Program at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital is well-respected for its current and future heart failure and transplant research. Maintaining the delivery of the best patient care possible as a primary focus, the heart transplant team constantly strives to improve patient outcomes. The first human cardiac transplant was performed in January of 1964. The operation consisted of a chimpanzee's heart and although technically successful, the patient survived only a few hours. In 1967, Dr. Christian Bernard from Cape Town, South Africa performed the first human-human heart transplant. He died of pneumonia but survived eighteen days before dying.
The Transplant Center At Fairview-University Medical Center A unique partnership of University of Minnesota Physicians transplant Program and Fairview Health Services offering heart, intestinal, kidney, liver, lung, pancreas and islet transplantation services. http://www.fairviewtransplant.org
Extractions: Kangaroo Project produced public service spot to benefit Transplant Center and organ donation Learn more about the U.S. Transplant Games Volunteer for the U.S. Transplant Games Welcome to The Transplant Center. Providing unsurpassed care in a new, integrated environment. Welcome to The Transplant Center at Fairview-University Medical Center. Our goal is to provide unsurpassed care for anyone whose life is touched by a solid organ transplant. Whether you are a patient awaiting transplantation, a living donor, or a transplant recipient, the expertise of University of Minnesota Physicians and supporting resources are available in a single location to dramatically improve patient care. We are dedicated to educating patients about preventive health care and transplant issues. Patients are informed decision-makers, surrounded by the people and services they need: · transplant physicians · surgeons · transplant coordinators · nurses · social workers · research clinicians · laboratory personnel · specialty pharmacy services · financial representatives · dietitians · physical therapists · support staff Learn more about the Transplant Center
Extractions: The Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant Cardiology Program located at The Heart Center of New Jersey at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital stands at the forefront of specialized care for patients with heart failure. It offers state-of-the-art treatments, including medical management, surgically implanted devices and transplantation. The Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant Cardiology Program at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital has access to sophisticated diagnostic techniques, the latest and best in cardiac therapy, and a close working relationship between Cardiology and Cardiothoracic Surgery. These services allow for comprehensive, personalized care of cardiac patients in the inpatient and office settings. The Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant Cardiology Program at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital provides: A multidisciplinary, holistic treatment approach, which can improve symptoms and dramatically enhance quality of life. Team members that provide structured, careful and continuing education regarding prognosis, therapy, medications, diet, exercise and community resources. Enhanced safety in initiating and titrating beta-blocker and ace-inhibitor therapy.
National Heart Centre A discussion about how a transplant is done, who might get one, how donors are found and life after a transplant. http://www.nhc.com.sg/
Extractions: Minimally invasive procedure to treat people with excessive sweaty palms and feet NHC's doctors attempt to create functioning heart tissue from adult bone marrow stem cells Worldwide trial on heart failure to be carried out in Singapore Singapore's first patient implanted with Singapore-developed drug eluting stent New hope for heart failure patients - National Heart Centre of Singapore conducts surgery with dramatic results The National Heart Centre Sees about 80,000 outpatients yearly Performs 2,000 coronary angioplasties yearly. Offers 24-hour emergency coronary angioplasty for ongoing heart attack patients and sees 300 such emergency cases yearly. Provides emergency trauma care to patients with chest injuries. Only institution in Singapore that conducts heart and lung transplantations. Only institution in Singapore that has the whole range of FDA approved mechanical heart assist devices. Performed its 15,000th cardiac surgery on 20 March 2002.
