Heart Transplant Center - Tampa, FL
Tampa 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 Tampa * Izzo & Alkire MDs PA  Izzo & Alkire MDs PA  Narendra S Sastry MD  Angell & Ordiway MDs PA  George K James MD  Cardiac Surgical Associates  Cardiac Surgical Associates  Cardiac Surgical Associates  Angell & Ordiway MDs PA  Moffitt Cancer Center  Moffitt Cancer Thoracic Program  Moffitt Cancer Thoracic Program  Moffitt Cancer Thoracic Program  Cardiac Surgery Associates  Cardiac Surgery Associates  Cardiac Surgery Associates  Cardiac Surgery Associates  Cardiac Surgery Associates  Husain F Nagamia MD  Florida Cardiovascular Surgeons  Cardiac Surgical Associates  Cardiac Surgical Associates  Joseph F Diliberto MD  A Hadi Hakki MD  Cardiac Surgical Associates  Cardiac Surgical Associates  Cardiac Surgical Associates  Cardiac Surgical Associates  Cardiac Surgical Associates  Diagnostic Clinic Largo  Sarasota Cardiac & Thoracic Surgery PA  Gulfside Surgical Associates  Brandenton Surgical Associates  Watson Clinic LLP  Watson Clinic LLP  Watson Clinic LLP  Richard W Hoefer MD  Cardiovascular Associates  Bond Clinic PA  Remo G Gaudiel MD  Professional Gastroenterology & Associates  Roger W Sherman MD & Adrian J Finol-Hernandez MD  Nayer N Khouzam MD  Congenital Heart Institute  Alan D Johnston MD  Ocala Heart & Vascular Institute  Ocala Vascular Tampa, FloridaTampa is a Gulf Coast city in the U.S. state of Florida. It serves as the county seat for Hillsborough County. Tampa is located on the west coast of Florida.
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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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