Heart Transplant Center - Joliet, IL
Joliet 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 Joliet *![]() Cardiac Surgery Associates SC ![]() DuPage General Surgery Dept ![]() Rush-Copley Cardiovascular Surgical Consultants ![]() Cardiac Surgery Associates ![]() Cardiac Surgery Associates SC ![]() Cardiac Surgery Associates SC ![]() Cardiac Surgery Associates SC ![]() Cardiac Surgery Associates SC ![]() Cardiac Surgery Associates SC ![]() Cardiac Surgery Associates ![]() Cardiac Surgery Associates ![]() Cardiac Surgery Associates SC ![]() Issa Muasher MD ![]() Dreyer Medical Clinic Mercy Campus ![]() Dreyer Medical Clinic Mercy Campus ![]() Juan J Bonilla MD ![]() Salvatore Nigro MD ![]() CVT Surgeons Ltd ![]() Midwest Vascular & Thoracic Surgical Assoc ![]() Cardiovascular Surgical Associates ![]() Donald Thomas MD ![]() Cardiac Surgery Associates SC ![]() Vein Care Center ![]() Chicago Cardiac Surgery ![]() University Cardiovascular Surgeons ![]() University Cardiovascular Surgeons ![]() University Thoracic Surgeons ![]() Cardiovascular & Thoracic Specialists ![]() Cardiovascular & Thoracic Specialists ![]() University of Chicago Medical Center ![]() Ali N Shariatzadeh MD ![]() Cardiovascular & Thoracic Specialists ![]() Yukhol Lertsburpa MD ![]() Cardiothoracic & Vascular Surgeons & Associates SC ![]() Lake Cook Surgical Associates ![]() Sumac Surgical Associates Ltd ![]() Sumac Surgical Associates Ltd ![]() Northwestern Division of Thoracic Surgery ![]() Northwestern Division of Thoracic Surgery ![]() The Center for Colorectal Health ![]() Lincoln Park Cardio Surgeons ![]() Lincoln Park Cardio Surgeons ![]() Stanton G Polin MD ![]() Rockford Surgical ![]() Cardiac Surgery Associates SC Joliet, IllinoisUpcoming 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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