Heart Transplant Center - New York, NY
New York 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 New York * Cardiothoracic Surgery  Steven D Herman MD  Beth Israel Hospital Cardiac Surgery Division  Beth Israel Hospital Cardiac Surgery Division  Arthur D Boyd MD  Skirball Institute  Anukware Ketosugbo MD  Cliff P Connery MD  Ann M Rogers MD  Chukuma Okadigwe MD  Charles Lapunzina MD  MSKCC Thoracic Surgery  MSKCC Thoracic Surgery  MSKCC Thoracic Surgery  MSKCC Thoracic Surgery  MSKCC Thoracic Surgery  MSKCC Thoracic Surgery  MSKCC Thoracic Surgery  MSKCC Thoracic Surgery  MSKCC Thoracic Surgery  NY Presbyterian Hospital  Nasser Altorki MD  O Wayne Ison MD  Karl H Krieger MD  Andrew J Franzone MD  Maimonides Medical Center Surgery  Maimonides Medical Center Surgery  New York Cardiothoracic Surgeons PC  Fouad E Lajam MD  Maimonides Medical Center Surgery  Mt Sinai Hospital Cardiothoracic Surgery  JJ Peters Bronx VA Medical Center  JJ Peters Bronx VA Medical Center  Mt Sinai Hospital Cardiothoracic Surgery  Daniel J Krellenstein MD  Gregory R Brevetti MD & Mark H Genovesi MD  Gregory R Brevetti MD & Mark H Genovesi MD  Private Doctors Office  Harlem Medical Associates  CPMC Thoracic Surgery  CPMC Pediatric Cardiovascular Surgery  Rockland Thoracic & Vascular Associates PC  Rockland Thoracic & Vascular Associates PC  CPMC Pediatric Cardiovascular Surgery  CPMC Thoracic Surgery  CPMC Thoracic Surgery  CPMC Pediatric Cardiovascular Surgery  CPMC Thoracic Surgery  CPMC Thoracic Surgery  Rockland Thoracic & Vascular Associates PC  CPMC Warren D Widmann MD  Henry M Spotnitz MD  Bronx-Lebanon Hospital Center Surgery  Queens-Long Island Medical Group PC  Ahamed Moideen MD  Steven M Keller MD  Hyman Miller MD  South Shore Thoracic & Vascular  Anastasios J Pelias MD  Thoracic Surgical PC  Thoracic Surgical PC  North Shore University Hospital Cardiothoracic Surgery  North Shore University Hospital Cardiothoracic Surgery  North Shore University Hospital Cardiothoracic Surgery  North Shore University Hospital Cardiothoracic Surgery  North Shore University Hospital Cardiothoracic Surgery  North Shore University Hospital Cardiothoracic Surgery  North Shore University Hospital Cardiothoracic Surgery  Robert B Swersky MD  North Shore University Hospital Cardiothoracic Surgery  Long Island Thoracic Surgery  Long Island Thoracic Surgery  Cardiothoracic Surgery PC  Cardiothoracic Surgery PC  Cardiothoracic Surgery PC  Cardiothoracic Surgery PC  Cardiothoracic Surgery PC  Cardiothoracic Surgery PC  Winthrop Cardiovascular & Thoracic Surgery PC  Winthrop Cardiovascular & Thoracic Surgery PC  Winthrop Cardiovascular & Thoracic Surgery PC  Robert Rubin MD  Streisand & Berman MDs  Streisand & Berman MDs  NY Cardiothoracic Group  NY Cardiothoracic Group  NY Cardiothoracic Group  Nassau University Medical Center Surgery  Rockland Thoracic & Vascular Associates PC  Chanchal K Saha MD  Francesco Tenti MD  Paul Cathcart MD  Dimitri Pyrros MD  Rockland Thoracic & Vascular Associates PC  Island Surgical Vascular Group  Island Surgical Vascular Group  Sultan Mohiuddin MD  Stony Brook Lung Cancer Evaluation Ctr  Stony Brook Surgical Associates PC  Stony Brook Surgical Associates PC New York, New YorkNew York City, which is geographically the largest city in the state and most populous in the United States, is known for its history as a gateway for immigration to the United States and its status as a financial, cultural, transportation, and manufacturing center. According to the U.S. Department of Commerce, it is also a destination of choice for many foreign visitors. Both state and city were named for the 17th century Duke of York, James Stuart, future James II and VII of England and Scotland. Upcoming Local Events2012-06-02
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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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