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Heart Disease - Transplant

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      new window Doug's Heart Description: 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. (Doug.BassGuitar.com)
new window Hahnemann Heart Description: Hahnemann University Hospital offers the AbioCor implantable artificial heart. (hahnemannheart.com)
new window Health Care Financial Administration Description: A list of medicare approved heart, lung, heart-lung, and liver transplant centers is provided. (hcfa.gov)
new window Heart Failure & Transplant at California Pacific Medical Center Description: Programs for end-stage cardiac disease, artificial hearts and heart transplant. (cpmc.org)
new window Heart Transplant: A Patient's Perspective Description: Personal account of a heart transplant in 1997, before, during and after the procedure. (geocities.com)
new window Heart Transplantation at Columbia University Department of Surgery Description: Information on heart disease and heart transplantation, immunology and how to be a proactive participant in one's health care. (hearttransplant.com)
new window HowStuffWorks: How Artificial Hearts Work Description: Graphic narrative shows the self-contained AbioCor Implantable Replacement Heart, how it's implanted, and how it compares to the failed artificial hearts in the past. (howstuffworks.com)
new window MUSC Medical Center Heart Transplant Program Description: About the program as well as patient education, heart failure management and a support group. (musc.edu)
new window National Heart Center of Singapore Description: A discussion about how a transplant is done, who might get one, how donors are found and life after a transplant. (nhc.com.sg)
new window Newsmaker Interview- Artificial Heart Description: An interview by Sean Henahan with heart transplant authority Dr. Mehmet Oz on the state of the art of the artificial heart, including LVADs and the new Abiocor implant. (accessexcellence.org)
new window Richard Helm Description: A personal story of a heart transplant in November of 1994 at the University of Wisconsin in Madison and the William S. Middleton Veteran's Hospital in Madison. (radiks.net)
new window Temple's Heart Failure & Transplant Center Description: Information for patients, family and friends including evaluation, waiting, medication, diet and other resources. (temple.edu)
new window The Straight Story Description: In depth look at heart transplants, from qualifying till after the surgery and going home and life after. Real-life stories and links. (jonsplace.org)
new window University of Michigan Health System Description: Topics covered are who is a candidate for transplant, how it is done, complications, the survival rate for heart transplants and a number to help find a doctor. (med.umich.edu)
 




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