Heart operation transplant

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1303001 tn?1272992360 Sometimes Doctors refer artificial hearts as being ventricle assist devices which are put inside the chambers of the heart to assist the pumping. The good thing with this is that you keep the original heart and the heart rate can still change, which I don't believe a mechanical heart can. Mechanical hearts have been used to keep a patient alive until a donor is hopefully found. I know there has been a lot of research in artificial hearts in the US and Japan, using animal tissue.
Avatar m tn A heart operation, called a myomectomy, is sometimes done if there is a significant blockage of blood flow. In this operation, some of the excess heart muscle is removed. A heart transplant may be needed if there are severe symptoms in spite of treatment with heart medicines/myomectomy.
427436 tn?1203623626 hello i am getting set up for heart transplant but my doc is reluctant to tell me post operation % can anyone tell me what to expect
Avatar n tn means to say to transplant my heart in to him and to implant his heart in to mine.
Avatar m tn may mas latest news, an operation from saint lukes, inoperahan yung doctor, may hep b siya nakuha nya sa patient nya, nag pa liver transplant siya, successful ung operation, pero ang gastos 4 Million... ang mahal...
Avatar m tn at first everything is normal, i watch carefully the surgery without feel sick or scare with blood and also the operation, after about 45 minutes while i keep my eye on anestheslogist injecting something to the iv fluid i started to feel lightheadedness and drowsiness with NO nausea and uncomfortable in heart. i decided to step out from the operation room and when im consious after 1-2 min i already lying on the bed.
4986184 tn?1361952234 I am the youngest liver transplant survivor, i had my operation done in 1988. The drs said i wasnt suppose to live past 5yrs old. But this Sept i will be 26yrs old in Sept,My real name is Che'rea... I had biliary atresia when i was 4months old. Good luck ashb. Im praying for You....
Avatar n tn my husband has only 10 percnt of his heart working and need a heart transplant...
1112113 tn?1258537095 My daughter had a heart transplant at 22. What you are describing, doesn't sound like transplant is in your future at all. The other woman who had the transplant, more than likely had Postpartum Cardiomyopathy which sometimes happens. Believe me, there would be no question about having that diagnoses. I tend to wonder if you do not have some long term inflammation due to having the tube put down your throat during your C-Section? Also SVT is not a rate of 120 bpm. SVT hve rates over 160 bpm.
Avatar n tn Yes, a defectvie aorta valve can cause SoB. To rule that out would require an echocardiogram with a doppler (color coded blood flow). It the valve restricts good flow of blood into circulation that will cause shortness of breath...it would not be a normal response. I have researched heart valve issues as I have MVR. My contact with the Mayo clinical and information from a renown surgeon has stated not to wait too long.
Avatar m tn My brother's heart is only operating at 10% and he needs a transplant (1) how long can a personal survive with only 10% and what are the procedures for getting a transplant? I know you basically have to wait to see if someone dies and if they are a donor?
Avatar m tn After the bone marrow transplant come from a donor with very special cells CCR5 Delta 32 mutated, without any usual drug that treats HIV,there are no signs after 3 years of any HIV in all his body. No HIV is found anyway,neither in the so called "reservoirs". No also provirus of HIV has been found anywhere. Many HIV researchers agree the patient has been at least functionally cured from HIV and that very soon, even at ELISA test he will come up negative!
Avatar m tn may dr. na survive na xa sa hep b......dahil nagka cirosis na xa...nagliver transplant xa at survive talaga.....
Avatar f tn I JUST FOUND OUT MY STEP DAUGHTER MAY NEED A HEART TRANSPLANT. SHE IS 36 YEARS OLD. SHE WAS JUST IN THE HOSPITAL LAST MONTH, AND IS NOW BACK. SHE HAS HAD YEARS OF DRUG ABUSE AND SHE HAS HEPITUS C. THEY SAY ONLY 15% OF THE HEART IS WORKING. SHE'S NOT IN ICU. SOUNDS ALITTLE STRANGE TO ME. SHE'S NOT AN HONEST PERSON AND DOES NOT GET ALONG WITH HER FAMILY. SHE'S HAD MENTAL PROBLEMS AS WELL. MY BOSS HAD A TRANSPLANT HER IN DALLAS A YEAR AGO. DOING GREAT.
Avatar f tn did anyone have a transplant and get better? and does the medications you take for your heart transplant make you very sick?
Avatar f tn He has recently been told the only thing left to do is a heart transplant. He has started the testing to see if he is a canidate. Is there a site where I can go to see what test they will be doing, what they are testing for, and if he is a canidate, what steps to expect pre surgery, post surgery and recovering at home.
Avatar f tn //www.mayoclinic.org/heart-transplant/statistics.
1035252 tn?1427227833 hpt=T2 (CNN) -- An Indiana infant who was denied a life-saving transplant surgery by Medicaid will now have his operation paid for. MDwise, Inc. and AmeriHealth Mercy of Indiana announced Friday that they will cover six-month-old Seth Petreikis' thymus tissue transplant after Medicaid denied his parents original claim. Two appeals to the state's Family and Social Service Administration had also been denied. This decision comes after media reports of Seth's plight.
Avatar n tn My mother had to have scar tissue removed after her cataract operation. It has not healed well since and left her with distorted vision in that eye. She is afraid now to have the other cataract on her other eye removed for fear of scar tissue developing again which might then leave her with dreadul distortions in both eyes She is 87 and has been waiting for the day her sight is so bad she has nothing to lose by risking it. However it is really affecting the quality of her life ...
Avatar n tn shud i retest again after a week ? i had an appendisectomy operation 4 months back....is this called an organ transplant ? Wud my body be immune supressed by taking medicines to heal after this surgery ? if my surgery wud have made me immune suprresed shud i test after 6 months ?? pls advice.....
Avatar m tn When they put in the new heart how do they connect the main nerves to the heart or are you on a pacemaker and if so how high do they usually have to set it, 80 beats a min.100]. Hope I'm not getting to technical for you all on this site. Thanks.
2018059 tn?1328519479 I can give you an example of how well nerves can heal themselves. My father had a heart transplant back in 1988. All the nerves into the heart are cut (obviously). Because the donor heart doesn't receive any signal at all the heart reverts to its own internal pacing rate which is about 100 bpm. In some heart transplant patients the nerves actually grow into the donor heart! This is called innervation. This happened with my father, as his resting heart rate is now in the 60-70 range.