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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) |
Hahnemann Heart Description: Hahnemann University Hospital offers the AbioCor implantable artificial heart. (hahnemannheart.com) |
Health Care Financial Administration Description: A list of medicare approved heart, lung, heart-lung, and liver transplant centers is provided. (hcfa.gov) |
Heart Failure & Transplant at California Pacific Medical Center Description: Programs for end-stage cardiac disease, artificial hearts and heart transplant. (cpmc.org) |
Heart Transplant: A Patient's Perspective Description: Personal account of a heart transplant in 1997, before, during and after the procedure. (geocities.com) |
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) |
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) |
MUSC Medical Center Heart Transplant Program Description: About the program as well as patient education, heart failure management and a support group. (musc.edu) |
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) |
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) |
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) |
Temple's Heart Failure & Transplant Center Description: Information for patients, family and friends including evaluation, waiting, medication, diet and other resources. (temple.edu) |
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) |
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) |