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Reading 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 Reading * Cardiothoracic Surgical Assoc  Cardiothoracic Surgical Assoc  Spring Ridge Surgical Specialists  Cardiothoracic Surgery  Cardiothoracic Surgeons of Lancaster PC  Cardiothoracic Surgeons of Lancaster PC  Sacred Heart Medical Associates  Cardiovascular & Thoracic Surgical Associates  Cardiovascular & Thoracic Surgical Associates  Pennridge Surgical Associates  Pennridge Surgical Associates  Pennridge Surgical Associates  Suburban Surgical Group  Surgical Specialists of Hazleton  Surgical Specialists of Hazleton  Bryn Mawr Cardiothoracic Surgery  HAN Cardiothoracic  Vascular Surgery  Main Line Cardiothoracic Surgery  Main Line Cardiothoracic Surgery  Main Line Cardiothoracic Surgery  Main Line Cardiothoracic Surgery  Main Line Cardiothoracic Surgery  Main Line Cardiothoracic Surgery  Homayoon Pasdar MD & Daniel Woody MD  Cardiothoracic Surgeons of Easton  Cardiothoracic Surgeons of Easton  Cardiothoracic Surgeons of Easton  Cardiothoracic Surgeons of Easton  Hahnemann University Hospital  Joseph S Friedberg MD  Children's Hospital Philadelphia Cardiothoracic Surgery  Children's Hospital Philadelphia Cardiothoracic Surgery  University of PA Medical Center Thoracic Surgery  Children's Hospital Philadelphia Cardiothoracic Surgery  University of PA Medical Center Thoracic Surgery  University of PA Medical Center Thoracic Surgery  University of PA Medical Center Thoracic Surgery  University of PA Medical Center Thoracic Surgery  Temple University Thoracic Surgery  Temple University Thoracic Surgery  Fawzi B Habboushe MD  Hahnemann University Hospital  Hahnemann University Hospital  Thomas Jefferson University Cardiothoracic Surgery  Thomas Jefferson University Cardiothoracic Surgery  Thomas Jefferson University Cardiothoracic Surgery  Robert G McCairns MD  University of PA Medical Center Thoracic Surgery  Joseph P Cardinale DO  Cardiothoracic Surgery at Mercy Hospital  Cardiothoracic Surgery at Mercy Hospital  Chief of Surgical Service  Larry L Shears MD  Allen J Togut MD  Community Surgical Group  Geisinger Thoracic Surgery  Geisinger Thoracic Surgery  Geisinger Thoracic Surgery  Geisinger Medical Center Cardiothoracic & Vascular Surgery  PinnacleHealth Cardiovascular & Thoracic Sur  PinnacleHealth Cardiovascular & Thoracic Sur  PinnacleHealth Cardiovascular & Thoracic Sur  PinnacleHealth Cardiovascular & Thoracic Sur  Cardiovascular Surgical Institute  Cardiovascular Surgical Institute  Cardiovascular Surgical Institute  Cardiovascular Surgical Institute  Delaware Valley Cardiovascular Surgical Associates  Delaware Valley Cardiovascular Surgical Associates  Delaware Valley Cardiovascular Surgical Associates  Delaware Valley Cardiovascular Surgical Associates  Thomas Jefferson University Hospital Thoracic Surgery Department  Premier Surgery LLC  Premier Surgery LLC  Lear VonKoch MD & Associates  Lear VonKoch MD & Associates  Lear VonKoch MD & Associates Reading, PennsylvaniaUpcoming 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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