Heart transplant: Its always a cadaver. There are certain hla typing that needs to be matched.
Answered 3/31/2012
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Deceased donor: You need a deceased donor with a healthy heart. Someone who passed away and decided to give the gift of life by passing on his vital organs to others. They must have healthy hearts with clean coronary arteries, be of comparable size and an immunological match to the patient who needs the transplant.
Answered 5/18/2012
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Healthy donor: The donor would need to meet brain death criteria, and have a normal functioning heart. Certain systemic diseases would need to be excluded such as severe hypertension and atherosclerosis.
Answered 1/28/2013
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