Heart Transplant Causes, Symptoms and its Treatment.
Heart Transplantation at Columbia
University Department of Surgery -
Information on heart disease and heart
transplantation, immunology and how to be a proactive participant in one's
health care.
http://www.hearttransplant.com HowStuffWorks:
How Artificial Hearts Work -
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.
http://www.howstuffworks.com/artificial-heart.htm
MUSC Medical Center Heart
Transplant Program -
About the program as well as patient education, heart
failure management and a support group.
http://www.musc.edu/hearttransplant/
National Heart Center of Singapore -
A discussion about how a transplant is done, who might get one, how donors are
found and life after a transplant.
http://www.nhc.com.sg/
Newsmaker
Interview- Artificial Heart -
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.
http://www.accessexcellence.org/WN/NM/ozpage1.htmlRichard Helm -
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.
http://www.radiks.net/rlhelm/
The Straight Story
-
In depth look at heart transplants, from qualifying till after the surgery
and going home and life after. Real-life stories and links.
http://www.chfpatients.com/tx/transplant.htm
Temple's Heart Failure & Transplant Center -
Information for patients,
family and friends including evaluation, waiting, medication, diet and other
resources.
http://www.temple.edu/heartfailure/html/heart_transplant.html
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