he performed the first heart transplant
It means that the doctors were hopeful about the sick person getting better. optimistic = hopeful ailing = sick heart transplant = really serious operation trying to replace a sick heart successful = good result or outcome
A person approved for heart transplantation is placed on the heart transplant waiting list of a heart transplant center.
A beating-heart transplant is a heart transplant operation in which the donor heart is kept full of blood and continues to beat in a machine between donor and recipient.
The reason Cristiaan Barnard is famous is because he was the first person to perform a heart transplant.
Typically, doctors try to get the transplant heart delivered and implanted within six hours. I don't have data on the maximum.
The heart can stop for many reasons - doctors would not transplant a damaged heart into a person so if the first person died from a heart attack, they would not use their heart. However, if something else caused the heart to stop beating and the heart is otherwise healthy, they will transplant it into the second person, who will not have that same problem that might cause the new heart to stop.
heart lung It is much harder to transplant just lungs as the heart gets in the way! So in most cases it will be a heart and lung transplant. If the heart taken out is healthy then that is given to someone else who is just wanting a heart. It does not go to waste.
It is very difficult to get a heart transplant. There are several factors that can influence these odds depending on the availability of a replacement heart and how severe the issue is.
Heart transplant is only done if the heart has been terribly damaged by infection or disease, and if there are no other ways to improve heart function.
The heart transplant was a success.He was looking forward to the transplant.
A South African doctor,Doctor Christian Barnard performed the first heart transplant.