Texas Surgical Associates Cardiovascular surgery group providing innovative heart, vascular and transplant surgery services in the greater Houston Texas service area. http://www.texassurgical.com
FDA Approves Temporary Artificial Heart The firm studied use of the artificial heart in 81 transplanteligible patients with severe bi-ventricular heart failure at five medical centers in the http://www.fda.gov/bbs/topics/ANSWERS/2004/ANS01317.html
Extractions: Consumer Inquiries: 888-INFO-FDA The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved a partial artificial heart intended to keep people alive in the hospital while they are awaiting a heart transplant. The product is a pulsating bi-ventricular device that is implanted into the chest to replace the patient's left and right ventricles (the bottom half of the heart). The implanted device is sewn to the patient's remaining atria (the top half of the heart). Hospitalized patients are connected by tubes from the heart through their chest wall to a large power-generating console, which operates and monitors the device. The heart is manufactured by Syncardia Systems Inc., of Tucson, Ariz. It is intended as a "bridge to transplant" for people waiting for a heart transplant who do not respond to other treatments and are at risk of imminent death from non-reversible bi-ventricular failure, i.e. people with both left and right side heart failure, and who are eligible for a heart transplant. FDA approved the Syncardia device based on a review of clinical studies of safety and effectiveness conducted by the firm and on the recommendation of an outside panel of experts convened by FDA to review the device.
Heart-Lung Transplant Support Group Forum for heartlung transplant recipients, candidates, and family members. http://groups.msn.com/heartlungtransplantsupportgroup/
Extractions: var nEditorialCatId = 103; MSN Home My MSN Hotmail Shopping ... Money Web Search: document.write(' Groups Groups Home My Groups Language ... Help Heart-Lung Transplant Support Group heartlungtransplantsupportgroup@groups.msn.com What's New Join Now Message Board Chat Room ... Recommend This Group to a Friend Heart-Lung Transplant Support Group Manager: Luba Kobzeff (Heart/Double Lung 8-6-2003) Good Friend Ginny Ortega (Heart/Double Lung 6-10-2004) Established: August 3, 2000 Welcome! This site is for anyone pre, post, or trying to qualify for transplantation. This group is also for those who need to vent, pour your heart out and to meet others in your similar situation. The Manager and members are dedicated to helping others and sharing their stories in the hopes that it will give others the support and understanding needed during this challenging time. THIS SUPPORT GROUP DOES NOT GIVE MEDICAL ADVICE OF ANY KIND. WE ONLY OFFER LOVE, SUPPORT, UNDERSTANDING AND FRIENDSHIP TO THOSE WHO ARE OR HAVE BEEN AFFECTED BY RESPIRATORY TRANSPLANTS. IF YOU NEED MEDICAL ADVICE, PLEASE CONTACT YOUR DOCTOR. UNOS Whom have I in heaven but Thee?
Organ Transplantation Program At Mayoclinic.org Offers comprehensive care to adults and children in need of heart, lung, liver, kidney, pancreas, or blood or marrow transplantation. http://www.mayoclinic.org/transplant/
Extractions: Transplant Programs Transplant teams in Jacksonville, Rochester and Arizona are applying novel techniques to improve care for transplant patients. Their collaborations are producing outcomes consistently above national norms for Mayo patients and a worldwide reputation for excellence for Mayo's program. Transplantation - Jacksonville Transplant Center - Rochester Transplantation - Arizona A History of Innovation Since doctors performed the first kidney transplant at Mayo Clinic in Rochester in 1963, thousands of organ recipients have benefited from the collective, innovative skills of Mayo's transplant leaders. Read more.
Welcome Provide comprehensive diagnostic and therapeutic care of surgical diseases involving transplantation of kidneys, livers, heart, heart/lung, and pancreas. http://www.healthsystem.virginia.edu/internet/transplant/
Extractions: [ Skip Navigation ] Saving lives is a part of what we do every day at the University of Virginia's Charles O. Strickler Transplant Center (CST). Consistently ranked as one of the Top 100 Hospitals in America, the UVA Health System features one of the finest transplant programs available. Here you will find a resource that combines up-to-date technology and research with the surgical expertise that comes from 30 years of experience and pioneering in organ transplantation. A Complete Range of Transplant Services The Strickler Transplant Center provides adult and pediatric transplants for kidney pancreas liver , and in 2003, islet cell transplants. In addition, the UVA Health System offers heart lung and bone marrow/stem cell transplants. The Charles O. Strickler Transplant Center includes a full service tissue typing lab and specialized nursing units staffed by skilled nursing professionals who care for transplant patients before and after surgery. Certified Clinical Transplant Coordinators work in collaboration with the Transplant Surgeons and Physicians to manage patients' care from referral throughout the post transplant period. Highly experienced Social Workers address the various psychosocial concerns of patients and their family members throughout the transplant process. A dedicated Financial Coordinator is available to help patients and their family navigate the financial aspects of transplant care.
Extractions: Web posted at: 6:30 p.m. EST (2330 GMT) From Reporter Joan MacFarlane ROYAL OAK, Michigan (CNN) Ernie Balcueva is just 29, but he has seen more than enough death in his family to last him a lifetime. One by one, Balcueva has watched all four of his brothers die, without warning, from an extremely rare heart disease that appears to run in families. He, too, has inherited the disorder, and now his best chance for survival is a heart transplant. Last spring, Balcueva's wife, Sue, had a baby boy, who like his father and uncles may face an uncertain future. The disease, cardiac apoptosis, causes the heart to go suddenly into an irregular rhythm that's irreversible and fatal. It is so rare that only eight cases have been documented worldwide, including the Balcueva brothers. In the first inkling of what was to come, Ernie's brother Eddie Jr. collapsed and died in a school playground in 1974. Ernie lost his last brother, Rick, about the time his son was born.
Johns Hopkins Comprehensive Transplant Center Information about laparoscopic live donor nephrectomy, innovative heart and lung procedures, and transplant alternatives. http://www.med.jhu.edu/transplant/
OHSU Transplant Program - Home Active member of the United Network for Organ Sharing (UNOS). Medicare and CHAMPUS certified for kidney, heart and liver transplantation. http://www.ohsu.edu/transplant
Extractions: Invitation and map From initial referral forward, we offer patients top-notch medical care and broad-based support; we offer referring physicians frequent, accurate communication and assessment of their patients; and we offer payers full cooperation. OHSU physicians and surgeons are actively engaged in clinical research to improve outcomes today and in the future. We undertake all these activities with one goal in mind: to restore end-stage organ failure patients to optimal, productive health. As part of the only academic medical institution in Oregon, the OHSU Transplant Program is committed to ensuring the present and future health of Oregonians and all patients.
Extractions: Transplantation Timeline at Emory ... Educational Links Transplantation Timeline at Emory Ranked among the busiest solid organ transplant centers in the country, Emory University is a regional multi-organ transplant center serving the needs of adult and pediatric patients with end-organ disease. The history of clinical transplantation at Emory is distinguished by numerous milestones: The first transplant performed at Emory was a corneal transplant done in 1947 at Emory University Hospital (EUH) , the first transplant of its type in Georgia.
Health Care Financial Administration A list of medicare approved heart, lung, heartlung, and liver transplant centers is provided. http://www.hcfa.gov/medicare/tranplan.htm
Penn Cardiac Care Specialists in cardiology and cardiac surgery treat all aspects of heart health, from arrhythmias and cholesterol to transplant and bypass surgery. Locations throughout Philadelphia, Pennsylvania region. http://pennhealth.com/cardiac
Extractions: Physician Publications Penn Cardiac Care specialists utilize the latest technology available to pinpoint and treat all types of heart problems from the most common to the most complex. For more information about services offered at each of our locations, click on one of the links below. Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
Heart Failure & Cardiac Transplant Program The Rush heart Failure and Cardiac transplant Program offers specialized treatment and followup care for people at all stages of heart failure, http://www.rush.edu/rumc/page-R11811.html
Flash Detection :: V1.3.5 Provides transplant and cancer care for bone marrow, kidney transplant, heart and liver transplants. http://www.texastransplant.org/
Extractions: QUICK LINKS Call for Abstracts brochure for the 26th Annual Meeting and Scientific Sessions, April 5-8, 2006, Auditorium Hotel, Madrid Call for Abstracts Submission Site, now accepting abstracts Scientific Program and Registration Form , 7th Fall Education Meeting, November 11-12, 2005, Adolphus Hotel, Dallas, TX Online Registration for 7th Fall Education Meeting, SYNERGY: Mechanical and Biological Cardiac Support Online Membership Directory/Information/Bulletin Board System Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation online 25th Anniversary PowerPoint Slides Secure Heart Lung Transplant Registry Transplant Registry Slides MCSD Database Slides ... Transplant Registry Quarterly Data Reports NEW: FALL EDUCATION MEETING. The ISHLT 7th Fall Education Meeting is entitled SYNERGY: Mechanical and Biological Cardiac Support: Recovery, Replacement, and Repair with Cellular Therapy. The meeting will be held November 11-12, 2005 at the Adolphus Hotel in Dallas, TX, immediately prior to the American Heart Association Annual Meeting. The first day of the meeting will be devoted to mechanical circulatory support devices, and the second day of the meeting will be devoted to cell transplantation. Click HERE to link to additional information about the meeting.
Index The Johns Hopkins Cardiomyopathy and heart Failure Practice is dedicated to excellence in No two patients with heart failure, cardiomyopathy or heart http://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/cardiology/heart/
Extractions: 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.
Home | St. Vincent Medical Center Specializing in heart disease, organ care and transplants as well as cancer treatment and general medicine. Provides links for patients, giving, volunteering, news, health links, and contact information. http://www.stvincentmedicalcenter.com/
Extractions: Search Cancer Ear (House Ear Institute) Heart Spine Multi-Organ Transplantation Careers Community Calendar Center for Health and Healing Contact Us ... SVMC Health Science Library Find a Physician Select an Option Anesthesiology Cardiology Cardiovascular Medicine Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology Critical Care Dermatology Diabetes Electrophysiology Endocrinology Gastroenterology General Dentistry General Surgery General/Family Practice Geriatric Medicine Hand Surgery Hematology Hematology/Oncology Hepatobiliary/ Pancreatic Surgery Infectious Disease Internal Medicine Interventional Cardiology Laser Surgery Liver Transplantation Nephrology Nephropathy Neurology Neurosurgery Neurotology Obstetrics/Gynecology Oncology Ophthalmology Orthopaedics Orthopedic Surgery Otolaryngology Otology Pain Medicine Pathology Pediatric Cardiology Pediatrics Podiatry Pulmonology Radiation Oncology Renal Transplantation Sleep Disorders Thoracic/Cardiovascular Surgery Urology Vascular Access for Hemodialysis Vascular Surgery Epileptology
