·A heart transplant, or a cardiac transplant, is a surgical transplant procedure performed on patients with end-stage heart failure or severe coronary artery disease when other medical or surgical treatments have failed.
·Approximately 3500 heart transplants are performed every year in the world, more than half of which occur in the US. Post-operation survival periods average 15 years.
·Some patients are less suitable for a heart transplant if they have:
·Approximately 3500 heart transplants are performed every year in the world, more than half of which occur in the US. Post-operation survival periods average 15 years.
·Some patients are less suitable for a heart transplant if they have:
- Advanced kidney, lung, or liver disease.
- Active cancer.
- Vascular disease of the neck and leg arteries.
- Insulin-dependent diabetes with organ dysfunction.
- Severe obesity.
- Age over 65 years.
- Active substance abuse, such as alcohol, recreational drugs or tobacco smoking.
·Complications:
- Include infection
- Sepsis: A too hard response of the inmunological system to an inffection so that it´s worse for the body.
- Organ rejection.
·Artificial heart:
The artificial heart is used to replace the heart of a recipient in the period before he gets the heart transplantation or it´s also used to replace the heart of a person that cannot be transplanted until he die.
The artificial heart is used to replace the heart of a recipient in the period before he gets the heart transplantation or it´s also used to replace the heart of a person that cannot be transplanted until he die.
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