Question 1

what are the chances of dying during heart transplant?

Accepted Answer

It depends: It depends on how sick the patient is, how good the transplant program/ surgeon is. The national average for one year survival stands at 89%, so 11% of patients will die within the first year. You can check individual hospital data on http://www.Srtr.Org/.

Question 2

what are the chances of dying during the heart transplant surgery?

Accepted Answer

Unlikely.: Unlikely but possible. It depends on both donor and recipient factors. Although very unlikely, a poorly selected donor heart may cause severe and acute failure and death. Acute failure of the donor heart may also occur due to an acute rejection by the recipient. This can lead to death as well. An unforeseen surgical complication may also lead to death during the transplant. These events are rare.

Question 3

what are the main difficulties during a heart transplant?

Accepted Answer

Donor and rejection: Given a suitable recipient, finding a compatible donor is the primary barrier.  Technically, a heart transplant is not a difficult procedure.  Preventing rejection and minimizing the complications of anti-rejection/immunosuppressive drugs and long-term surveillance for infections and malignancies are longer term concerns.  Limitations of finding donors has has spurred mechanical alternatives.

Question 4

doctors, what are the chances of surviving a heart transplant?

Accepted Answer

Pretty good. : Survival after heart transplant is about 90 percent at one year and 50 percent at 10 years.

Question 5

if a patient smokes, will this hurt their chances for a heart transplant?

Accepted Answer

Yes: Smoking accelerates vascular disease.

Question 6

during a heart transplant, after you take out an old heart and put a new one in, what happens if you cannot get it to beat for whatever reason? death?

Accepted Answer

New Heart: During a heart transplant, the patient is put on a bypass machine. What this means is that the patient's blood is pumped through an external device, and then back into the patient. Kind of like an external heart. The patient is taken off the bypass machine with a new heart that beats, generally speaking.

Question 7

does the new heart mend to the old parts during heart transplant?

Accepted Answer

Somewhat: The removal includes atria and ventricles and leaves some atrial, aortic, pulmonary artery to match and sew to the new donor heart.

Question 8

how does a patient stay alive during a heart transplant? my dad needs one.

Accepted Answer

Heart transplant: If your dad gets a heart, he'll be on the heart lung machine while the new hea, rt is implanted.

Question 9

what are the ways that docs determing who recieves bone marrow during a heart transplant?

Accepted Answer

Different: There are bone marrow transplants for some malignant diseases- leukemias etc.
Heart transplant would be unusual to have bone marrow transplant concomitantly i think.
We do cut the sternum and its marrow while opening the chest.

Question 10

how can i get a heart transplant?

Accepted Answer

By your cardiologist: Heart transplantation is a last resort measure -- so you have to have had an extensive evaluation by your cardiologist and he will determine whether you are qualified to be on the list for a heart transplantation.

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