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2. Heart transplantation - Wikipedia

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   A heart transplant, or a cardiac transplant, is a surgical transplant procedure performed on patients with end-stage heart failure or severe coronary artery disease when other medical or surgical treatments have failed. As of 2018, the most common procedure is to take a functioning heart, with or without both lungs, from a recently deceased ...

3. Organ transplantation - Wikipedia

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   Organ transplantation is a medical procedure in which an organ is removed from one body and placed in the body of a recipient, to replace a damaged or missing organ. The donor and recipient may be at the same location, or organs may be transported from a donor site to another location. Organs and/or tissues that are transplanted within the same ...

4. Donald Ross (surgeon) - Wikipedia

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   Donald Nixon Ross, FRCS (4 October 1922 – 7 July 2014) was a South African-born British thoracic surgeon who was a pioneer of cardiac surgery and led the team that carried out the first heart transplantation in the United Kingdom in 1968. He developed the pulmonary autograft, known as the Ross procedure, for treatment of aortic valve disease.

5. Artificial heart valve - Wikipedia

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   Artificial heart valve. An artificial heart valve is a one-way valve implanted into a person's heart to replace a heart valve that is not functioning properly (valvular heart disease). Artificial heart valves can be separated into three broad classes: mechanical heart valves, bioprosthetic tissue valves and engineered tissue valves.

6. Total Artificial Heart (TAH) Implant: What to Know - AOL

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   A total artificial heart is a polyurethane device designed to mimic the action of the heart's left and right ventricles. It helps the heart pump adequate blood through the body while someone waits ...

7. Elizabeth Craze - Wikipedia

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   Elizabeth Craze is one of the youngest known recipients of a heart transplant. She received a new heart in 1984 at the age of 2 years, 10 months. The operation was performed at Stanford Hospital, Stanford, California by the team of Norman Shumway, [1] one of the early pioneers of heart transplant surgery. [2] [3] Although considered almost ...