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by: Michelle Murphy &  Jess 

Lenton

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isisHeart Transplant

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Where the Heart

is• Part of theCirculatory 

• Located in theThorax

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Purpose of theHeart

 The heart keepsyour bloodpumpingaround yourbody.

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How common isit?

• There are about 3,000 to 3,500 hearttransplants done in the U.S each year.

3,000 heart transplants are neededeach month!

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Success Rate

• Hearts transplants are effective 95%of the time.

79% of patients who receive heartdonations survive one year.

• 75% of patients survive five years.

60% of patients survive ten years.

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Waiting List

• There are 79,000 patients waiting

for a heart transplant.

4,000 of those patients will die while waiting

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  Statistics

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MedicalConditions

Required

• Heart Failure

• coronary Artery Disease

Cardiomyopathy 

• Heart valve disease with congestive heartfailure

Severe heart disease present at birth

• Life-threatening abnormal heart beats that

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Disqualifications

There are a few diseases and conditions that rule outdonation. If you are HIV positive, you will not beable to donate organs. If you have active cancer in a

particular organ, you cannot donate that organ. If cancer has spread through the body, you will not beable to donate any organs. In the case of death by injury, sometimes the organs are too damaged by 

either. However, this happens very uncommonly  because the removal of healthy organs from adeceased person virtually never affects the legal case.

A B t

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  A Ba y s eart 

transplant 

There are no longer age

limits for donors or peoplereceiving a donation. Theycan come from as young as

newborns or as old asninety.

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How long does adonation take?

• The surgery itself usually takes about fourto six hours if all organs are donated. If 

fewer organs are donated, this time may  be shorter. If tissues are also donated,several additional hours may be requiredafter organ donation surgery is completed.

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$Cost $•  Average price is $148,000, this

includes evaluation, organ, hospital

charge, physician fees, follow upcare, and anti injection charges.

•

Some insurance companies willcover these costs.

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Dead or Alive

•  A donor must be dead because you

can not live without a heart.• One exception is a Domino

Transplant.

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 Domino Transplant 

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Anti-rejections

• Cyclosporin

Prednisone

• Tacrolimus

Cell-cept

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Therapy

There is notherapy needed 

 for your newheart.

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Complications &Risks

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Some risks include excessive bleeding andinfections. The biggest risk of all is though,is rejections

• Some major problems with the transplantinclude: finding a donor, fighting therejection effect, the cost of the surgery,

avoiding infection post surgery, andavoiding blocked blood vessels intransporting the organ.