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An organ transplant is the transplantation of a whole or partial organ from one body to another (or from a donor site on the patient's own body), for the purpose of replacing the recipient's damaged or failing organ with a working one from the donor site. Organ donors can be living, or deceased (previously referred to as cadaveric). Types of Transplants Autograft A transplant of tissue from one to oneself. Sometimes this is done with surplus tissue, or tissue that can regenerate, or ti ...
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Resources
- A Transplant Center//'s Dedicated Duo (Cleveland Clinic)
- American Heart Association
- Anatomy of the Human Heart (Texas Heart Institute)
- Cholesterol-Lowering Drug Improves Survival after Heart Transplant (American Heart Association)
- ClinicalTrials.gov: Heart Transplantation (National Institutes of Health)
- Division of Transplantation (Health Resources and Services Administration)
- Fast Facts about Transplants (Scientific Registry of Transplant Recipients)
- FDA Approves Heart Assist Device for Children (U.S. Food and Drug Administration)
- Heart and Lung Transplants (Cleveland Clinic)
- Heart Center Data Profile (Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network)
- Heart Transplant Resources (Cleveland Clinic)
- Heart Transplant: What to Expect (American Heart Association) - Links to PDF File
- Heart Transplantation
- Heart Transplantation (National Institutes of Health)
- Heart Transplantation (Cleveland Clinic)
- Heart Transplantation (Medline Plus)
- Heart Transplants in Infants and Children (American Heart Association)
- Heart/Lung Data Center Profile (Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network)
- Immune Tolerance: Improving Transplantation Success (National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases)
- Keeping Your New Heart or Lung Healthy: Facts about Transplant Medications (American Society of Transplantation) - Links to PDF File - Large file
- List of Medicare Approved Heart Transplant Centers (Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services)
- List of Medicare Approved Lung and Heart-Lung Transplant Centers (Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services)
- Listen to the Sound of Your Heart (Pump) (Cleveland Clinic)
- Medicare Approved Left Ventricular Assist Device (LVAD) Destination Therapy Facilities (Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services)
- National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute
- Normal Heart and How It Works (American Heart Association)
- Organ Donation (American Heart Association)
- Organ Facts: Heart (United Network for Organ Sharing)
- Scientific Registry of Transplant Recipients
- Transplant Glossary (United Network for Organ Sharing)
- Transplant Primer: Heart Transplant (Scientific Registry of Transplant Recipients)
- Transplantation (National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases)
- Transplantation Glossary (National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases)
- Transplantation Organizations (National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases)
- Ventricular Assist Device (VAD) (Food and Drug Administration) - Requires Macromedia Flash Player to view animation
- While-You-Wait Implantable Heart Assist Device Appears Effective (American Heart Association)
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