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2. Heart transplantation - Wikipedia

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   A beating heart awaiting transplant. American medical researcher Simon Flexner was one of the first people to mention the possibility of heart transplantation. In 1907, he wrote the paper "Tendencies in Pathology," in which he said that it would be possible one day by surgery to replace diseased human organs – including arteries, stomach, kidneys and heart.

3. Cardiology - Wikipedia

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   Occasionally heart transplantation is required. [105] With appropriate treatment outcomes, even with complex problems, are generally good. [99] Heart defects are the most common birth defect. [100] [106] In 2013 they were present in 34.3 million people globally. [106] They affect between 4 and 75 per 1,000 live births depending upon how they ...

4. Transplantable organs and tissues - Wikipedia

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   The operation typically lasts 8 to 12 hours. By comparison, a typical heart transplant operation lasts 6 to 8 hours. The recipient of a hand transplant needs to take immunosuppressive drugs, as the body's natural immune system will try to reject, or destroy, the hand. These drugs cause the recipient to have a weak immune system and react ...

5. Baby celebrates 1st birthday after undergoing heart transplant

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   After receiving Parker's cardiomyopathy diagnosis, the Helmerichs learned Parker would need a heart transplant, and fast. At the time he was placed on the transplant waiting list, Parkers was just ...

6. Jackson has not said why it suspended adult heart ... - AOL

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   Temporarily lacking required physician or surgeon coverage. ... announced the adult heart transplant program’s temporary suspension in a staff Zoom meeting Monday. In the meeting, he said there ...

7. Artificial heart - Wikipedia

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   An artificial heart is an artificial organ device that replaces the heart.Artificial hearts are typically used to bridge the time to complete heart transplantation surgery, but research is ongoing to develop a device that could permanently replace the heart in the case that a heart transplant (from a deceased human or, experimentally, from a deceased genetically engineered pig) is unavailable ...