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If you cannot get on a transplant list, there is probably a genuine reason why transplantation is unlikey to work for you. Criteria for going on the waiting list include a minimum of 50% likely hood that you will be alive in 5 years after the transplant (which is actually quite a low requirement, when you consider it). There is also an assessment which analyses your likelihood of adhering to the strict drug regime required after transplantation - clearly having a transplant but not adhering to the aftercare makes the original transplant quite useless. However very few people are actually ruled out on this latter criteria.
What's more likely to happen, if for some almost minor reason you should not be on the waiting list, is that you will be added to the list (to save "disappointment"), then organs will be allocated according to "need" and "best chance of a decent quality of life afterwards".
Having said that, most patients know on some level whether they have been added to the list "to avoid disappointment", or whether they really have a chance of getting a transplant.
If you can't get on a waiting list, your alternatives include trying a different country, taking part in experimental trials, and possibly forms of pacemaker surgery.
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What list is a person placed on when they are approved for a heart transplant?
A person approved for heart transplantation is placed on the heart transplant waiting list of a heart transplant center.
How does a patient get on a waiting list for a new heart?
A person approved for heart transplantation is placed on the heart transplant waiting list of a heart transplant center. All patients on a waiting list are registered with the United Network for Organ Sharing (UNOS).
What is waiting list?
a wait list is a list in which you wait to be contacted for a reason which could be a heart transplant or it could be an adopting list.
What is a beating-heart transplant?
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.
What made Christiaan Barnard famous?
The reason Cristiaan Barnard is famous is because he was the first person to perform a heart transplant.
How do you get register for a heart transplant?
You have to go through a "transplant assessment" at a hospital that performs heart transplants. The assesment is usually a 3-day to 1 week inpatient procedure, involving blood tests, EEG's, ECG's, ultrasounds, X-rays ,MRI's and a psychological assessment. There may be some other tests too. If you pass all of these, you will be considered a suitable candidate for a heart transplant and your name will be added to the transplant waiting list.
What organ needs were listed on the National Transplant Waiting List of 2000?
The National Transplant Waiting List of 2000 indicated the following needs by organ type: Kidney, 48,349; Liver, 15,987; Heart, 4,139; Lung, 3,695; Kidney-Pancreas, 2,437; Pancreas, 942; Heart-Lung; 212; and, Intestine, 137.
Which is simpler heart or heart lung transplant?
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.
How could you have a heart transplant?
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.
What percentage does your heart have to be at to get a heart transplant?
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.
What is a sentence with the word transplant?
The heart transplant was a success.He was looking forward to the transplant.
Who is father of heart transplant?
A South African doctor,Doctor Christian Barnard performed the first heart transplant.
