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Heart Transplantation at Columbia University Department of Surgery - http://www.hearttransplant.com
Information on heart disease and heart transplantation, immunology and how to be a proactive participant in one's health care. |
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MGH Cardiac Transplant Program - http://www.massgeneral.org/heartcenter/index.aspx?page=programs_services&subpage=program_heart_failure
Massachusetts General Hospital Heart Center offers information about their heart failure and cardiac transplant program. Also describes CHF and cardiomyopathy. |
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National Heart Center of Singapore - http://www.nhc.com.sg/
A discussion about how a transplant is done, who might get one, how donors are found and life after a transplant. |
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MUSC Medical Center Heart Transplant Program - http://www.musc.edu/hearttransplant/
About the program as well as patient education, heart failure management and a support group. |
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The Straight Story - http://www.chfpatients.com/tx/transplant.htm
In depth look at heart transplants, from qualifying till after the surgery and going home and life after. Real-life stories and links. |
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University of Michigan Health System - http://www.med.umich.edu/1libr/heart/surg02.htm
Topics covered are who is a candidate for transplant, how it is done, complications, the survival rate for heart transplants and a number to help find a doctor. |
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Heart Transplant: A Patient's Perspective - http://www.geocities.com/ehtlibahunt/transplant.html
Personal account of a heart transplant in 1997, before, during and after the procedure. |
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Heart Failure & Transplant at California Pacific Medical Center - http://www.cpmc.org/heart
Programs for end-stage cardiac disease, artificial hearts and heart transplant. |
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HowStuffWorks: How Artificial Hearts Work - http://www.howstuffworks.com/artificial-heart.htm
Graphic narrative shows the self-contained AbioCor Implantable Replacement Heart, how it's implanted, and how it compares to the failed artificial hearts in the past. |
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Newsmaker Interview- Artificial Heart - http://www.accessexcellence.org/WN/NM/ozpage1.html
An interview by Sean Henahan with heart transplant authority Dr. Mehmet Oz on the state of the art of the artificial heart, including LVADs and the new Abiocor implant. |