Heart Transplant

Heart transplant is a surgery that replaces a diseased heart with a healthier donor heart. It is a last-resort treatment for people who have end-stage heart failure.

Signs & Symptoms of Heart Transplant

Heart attack
Congenital heart defects
Irregular heartbeats
Viral infection of heart muscle
High blood pressure

Treatment of Heart Transplant

Bridge Treatments

Medications: Helps the heart function in various ways, such as making the heart beat faster or pump harder.
Mechanical Support: Certain types of devices are used to help the heart pump.
Left Ventricular Assist Device (LAVD): Uses a battery-operated pump in case the heart is too weak to pump an adequate amount of blood.

Transplant Procedure

It is an open-heart procedure wherein the surgeon makes an incision into the chest bone to operate on the heart. The patient is connected to a heart-lung bypass machine to keep oxygen-rich blood flowing throughout. Once the donor’s heart is attached to major blood vessels, the blood flow is restored and the heart starts beating again.