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What occurs if you needed a heart transplant and you didn't have access to it?

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Dr. Creighton Wright answered

Specializes in surgery

Terminal illness: Possible lvad to temporize in specific situations in usa outside usa and developed countries the natural history is followed to heart failure, organ failure and death.

Answered 6/21/2013

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Dr. Matthew Cooper answered

Specializes in Thoracic Surgery

Heart Transplant: If you need a transplant, and either a heart is not available in a timely fashion, or medication and mechanical circulatory support are not options, you would die.

Answered 8/24/2013

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