Heart Transplant Center - West Haven, CT
West Haven 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 West Haven *![]() Yale Cardiothoracic Surgery ![]() Yale Cardiothoracic Surgery ![]() Yale Cardiothoracic Surgery ![]() Yale Cardiothoracic Surgery ![]() Connecticut Heart Group PC ![]() Cardiothoracic & Vascular Group ![]() Viswa Nathan MD LLX ![]() General Thoracic Surgeons of Connecticut ![]() David Esposito MD ![]() Connecticut Vascular & Thoracic Surgical Associates ![]() Cardiovascular Physicians PC ![]() Cardiovascular Physicians PC ![]() Thoracic & Vascular Surgical Specialists of Central Connecticut LLC ![]() Thoracic & Vascular Surgical Specialists of Central Connecticut ![]() Patrick M Rocco MD LLC ![]() Middletown Surgical Group ![]() Middletown Surgical Group ![]() Christos Pappas MD ![]() Connecticut Cardiothoracic Surgical Associates ![]() Cardiothoracic & Vascular Surgeons ![]() Connecticut Cardiothoracic Surgical Associates ![]() Cardiothoracic & Vascular Surgeons ![]() Connecticut Cardiothoracic Surgical Associates ![]() CT Surgical Group PC ![]() Connecticut Cardiothoracic Surgical Associates ![]() Cardiothoracic & Vascular Surgeons ![]() Connecticut Cardiothoracic Surgical Associates ![]() Cardiothoracic Surgery PC ![]() Cardiac & Thoracic Surgical Associates LLC ![]() Cardiac & Thoracic Surgical Associates LLC ![]() Cardiothoracic Surgery PC ![]() Cardiac & Thoracic Surgical Associates LLC ![]() Thomas A Schwann MD ![]() Cardiothoracic Surgery PC ![]() Harry T Anderson ScD MD ![]() Hyman Miller MD ![]() ECHN Health Services ![]() William G Crawford MD ![]() Michael M Deren MD West Haven, ConnecticutUpcoming Local Events2012-06-17
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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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