Heart Transplant Center - Colton, CA
Colton Cardiothoracic Surgeon Doctors for Heart TransplantType of Physician: Cardiothoracic Surgeon What is a Cardiothoracic Surgeon? A certification by the Board of Thoracic Surgery; practitioners are skilled in patient care before, during and after surgery, and the critical care of patients with pathologic conditions within the chest. The management of the airway and injuries of the chest is within the scope of the specialty. Specialty: Cardiothoracic Surgery Common Name: Chest Surgeon Cardiothoracic Surgeon Doctors in Colton *![]() Loma Linda International Heart Institute ![]() Loma Linda International Heart Institute ![]() Loma Linda International Heart Institute ![]() Loma Linda International Heart Institute ![]() Inland Cardiothoracic Surgical Associates ![]() Inland Cardiothoracic Surgical Associates ![]() Inland Cardiothoracic Surgical Associates ![]() Inland Cardiothoracic Surgical Associates ![]() Michael Neall Wood MD ![]() Cardiac Surgery Group ![]() Cardiac Surgery Group ![]() Chelvapilla V Gunupati MD ![]() Nandkumar V Dandekar MD ![]() Peter A Wawro MD ![]() Thoracic & Cardiovascular Surgeons ![]() Thoracic & Cardiovascular Surgeons ![]() Richard A Ott MD FACS ![]() Thoracic & Cardiovascular Surgeons ![]() Thoracic & Cardiovascular Surgeons ![]() Thoracic & Cardiovascular Surgeons ![]() Shigeru Chino MD ![]() Carlos DelCampo MD ![]() City of Hope National Medical Center Surgery ![]() City of Hope National Medical Center Surgery ![]() Syam P Vunnamadala MD ![]() Naveen Dhar MD ![]() Klieman & Spiwak Surgical Associates ![]() Aziz A Khan MD ![]() Sridhara K Iyengar MD ![]() Vascular & General Surgery Assoc ![]() Joyo Raney & Zusman MDs ![]() Joyo Raney & Zusman MDs ![]() Joyo Raney & Zusman MDs ![]() Joyo Raney & Zusman MDs ![]() Nancy B Way MD ![]() Santosh Mohanty MD ![]() Guy G Lemire MD ![]() Tri-City Bariatric Specialties ![]() Reza G Farsad MD ![]() The International Heart & Lung Institute ![]() Comprehensive Cancer Center ![]() Cardiothoracic Surgeons ![]() USC Cardiothoracic Surgery ![]() Department of Thoracic Surgery ![]() USC Cardiothoracic Surgery ![]() USC Cardiothoracic Surgery ![]() USC Cardiothoracic Surgery ![]() Department of Thoracic Surgery ![]() Steven R DeMeester MD ![]() Department of Thoracic Surgery ![]() USC Cardiothoracic Surgery ![]() Department of Thoracic Surgery ![]() USC Cardiothoracic Surgery ![]() John A Young MD ![]() Jose L Rivas MD ![]() Robert L Shuman MD ![]() The Bethencourt Group ![]() The Bethencourt Group ![]() Humberto Ravelo MD ![]() TCS Medical Group Inc ![]() TCS Medical Group Inc ![]() Frank A Versteeg MD ![]() Frank A Versteeg MD ![]() Cardiovascular & Thoracic Surgery ![]() Vahe Yacoubian MD ![]() Advanced Cardiothoracic Surgery ![]() Advanced Cardiothoracic Surgery ![]() Advanced Cardiothoracic Surgery ![]() Pacific Cardiothoracic Surgery Group ![]() Cardiothoracic Surgery Associates ![]() Cardiothoracic Surgery Associates ![]() Childrens Hospital Los Angeles Cardiothoracic Surgery ![]() Childrens Hospital Los Angeles Cardiothoracic Surgery ![]() Jeffrey M Rosenburg MD ![]() Charles B Witt Jr. MD ![]() Raymond H Schaerf MD ![]() Tom Mahendra MD ![]() Frank M Yusuf MD ![]() James D Hall & John Stoneburner MDs ![]() Arun K Mittal MD ![]() James D Hall & John Stoneburner MDs ![]() Alexander Stein MD ![]() Cedars-Sinai Medical Center Cardio-Thoracic Surgery ![]() Cedars-Sinai Medical Center Cardio-Thoracic Surgery ![]() Cedars-Sinai Medical Center Cardio-Thoracic Surgery ![]() Cedars-Sinai Medical Center Cardio-Thoracic Surgery ![]() Cedars-Sinai Medical Center Cardio-Thoracic Surgery ![]() Beverly Hills Institute of Bariatric & Obesity Surgery ![]() Jehan Z Mir MD ![]() The Center for Cholesterol Management ![]() California Heart & Lung Surgery Center ![]() Scripps Clinic Carmel Valley Thoracic Surgery ![]() Mehdi Fakhrai MD ![]() Saint John's Cardiothoracic Surgery ![]() Saint John's Cardiothoracic Surgery ![]() Saint John's Cardiothoracic Surgery ![]() California Center For Cardiothoracic Surgery ![]() California Center For Cardiothoracic Surgery ![]() Scripps Clinic Cardiothoracic Surgery ![]() Scripps Clinic Cardiothoracic Surgery Colton, CaliforniaUpcoming Local Events2012-06-09
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Heart TransplantRead the Heart Transplant article » Introduction to heart transplantThe idea of replacing a bad organ with a good one has been documented in ancient mythology. The first real organ transplants were probably skin grafts that may have been done in India as early as the second century B.C. The first heart transplant in any animal is credited to Vladimer Demikhov. Working in Moscow in 1946, Demikhov switched the hearts between two dogs. The dogs survived the surgery. The first heart transplant in human beings was done in South Africa in 1967 by Dr. Christiaan Barnard; the patient only lived 18 days. Most of the research that led to successful heart transplantation took place in the United States at Stanford University under the leadership of Dr. Norman Shumway. Once Stanford started reporting better results, other centers started doing heart transplants. However, successful transplantation of a human heart was not ready for widespread clinical application until medications were developed to prevent the recipient from "rejecting" the donor heart. This happened in 1983 when the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved a drug called cyclosporine (Gengraf, Neoral). Before the advent of cyclosporine, overall results of heart transplant were not very good. What is a heart transplant?Believe it or not, heart transplantation is a relatively simple operation for a cardiac surgeon. In fact, the procedure actually consists of three operations. The first operation is harvesting the heart from the donor. The donor is usually an unfortunate person who has suffered irreversible brain injury, called "brain death". Very often these are patients who have had major trauma to the head, for example, in an automobile accident. The victim's organs, other than the brain, are working well with the help of medications and other "life support" that may include a respirator or other devices... Recommended Reading Related to Heart TransplantShock facts
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