heart transplant
Pump replacement surgery
A heart transplant is a surgical procedure in which a diseased or failing heart is replaced with a healthy heart from a deceased donor.
It remains one of the most complex and dramatic medical interventions, reserved for patients with end-stage heart failure when other treatments have failed.
Recipients must take immunosuppressive drugs for life to prevent their body from rejecting the new organ.
She's been on the transplant list for two years, waiting for a heart.
- recipientOne who receives something
- donorOne who contributes freely
- tissue matchingAssessing biological compatibility for transplants
- surgeryInvasive medical procedure
- waiting listRecord of hopeful applicants
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Grafting new blood routes
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Relief-focused medicine for illness
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