Heart Transplant Center - Southfield, MI
Southfield 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 Southfield *![]() Michigan Cardio-Thoracic Surgeons ![]() Midwest Thoracic Surgeons ![]() Earl Hecker DO ![]() Barclay Internists ![]() Michigan Cardio-Thoracic Surgeons ![]() Michigan Cardio-Thoracic Surgeons ![]() Michigan Cardio-Thoracic Surgeons ![]() Michigan Cardio-Thoracic Surgeons ![]() Michigan Cardio-Thoracic Surgeons ![]() Allen Silbergleit MD ![]() Morteza Hariri MD ![]() Henry Ford Hospital Cardio-Thoracic Surgery ![]() Henry Ford Hospital Cardio-Thoracic Surgery ![]() University Surgeons ![]() Children's Hospital of Michigan Cardiovascular Surgery ![]() Joe G Talbert MD PLLC ![]() Children's Hospital of Michigan Cardiovascular Surgery ![]() St Clair Cardiovascular Surgeons PLC ![]() David H Schulman DO PC ![]() Saad E Sabbagh MD ![]() L Vad Technology ![]() Gregory P Derderian DO PC ![]() Friedrich Dutka MD ![]() Leandro F Africa MD ![]() Luis G Camero MD ![]() St Clair Cardiovascular Surgeons PLC ![]() St Clair Cardiovascular Surgeons PLC ![]() St Clair Cardiovascular Surgeons PLC ![]() Cardiac Surgery Institute ![]() Cardiac Surgery Institute ![]() Cardiac Surgery Institute ![]() Cardiac Surgery Institute ![]() Cardiac Surgery Institute ![]() Thomas Gazdecki DO ![]() Cardiovascular & Thoracic Surgeons ![]() Cardiovascular & Thoracic Surgeons ![]() Cardiovascular & Thoracic Surgeons ![]() Cardiovascular & Thoracic Surgeons ![]() University of Michigan Thoracic Surgery ![]() University of Michigan Thoracic Surgery ![]() University of Michigan Thoracic Surgery ![]() University of Michigan Comprehensive Cancer Center ![]() Total Vein Care Clinic PC ![]() Genesys Cardiovascular & Thoracic Surgeons ![]() Genesys Cardiovascular & Thoracic Surgeons ![]() Fernando M Jara MD ![]() Michigan Cardiovascular Institute ![]() Michigan Cardiovascular Institute ![]() Michigan Cardiovascular Institute ![]() Michigan Cardiovascular Institute ![]() Mohan G Kulkarni MD ![]() Bay Regional Heart & Vascular ![]() Bay Regional Heart & Vascular ![]() Ingham Cardiothoracic & Vascular Surgeons Southfield, MichiganUpcoming Local Events2012-05-26
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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 TransplantMyocardial Biopsy IntroductionA heart biopsy, also called myocardial biopsy or cardiac biopsy, is an invasive procedure to detect heart disease that involves using a bioptome (a small catheter with a grasping device on the end) to obtain a small piece of heart muscle tissue that is sent to a laboratory for analysis. Why Do I Need a Myocardial Biopsy?Your doctor uses myocardial biopsy to:
How Should I Prepare for a Heart Biopsy?To prepare yourself for a heart biopsy you should know these things:
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