Heart Transplantation
Heart Transplantation
A heart transplant is surgery to remove the diseased heart from a person and replace it with a healthy one from an organ donor. To remove the heart from the donor, two or more healthcare providers must declare the donor brain-dead.Before you can be put on a waiting list for a heart transplant.
You may need a heart transplant if your heart is failing and other treatments are not effective.End-stage heart failure is a disease in which the heart muscle is failing severely in its attempt to pump blood through the body. It means other treatments are no longer working. End-stage heart failure is the final stage of heart failure.
