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no not usually... just like you wouldn't usually give an alcoholic a new liver.
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Why would you give a cigarette smoker a heart transplant?
wouldn't normally happen, just like alcoholics don't normally get liver transplants. There may be extenuating circumstances, however. if the patients condition needs urgent heart transplant, then the patient must be treated the same way as other patients and be saved. Therefore, notwithstanding his smoking habit, his request to be moved up in the priority list, should be honoured.
What unavoidable factor would diminish the chance of success of a lung transplant but is not a factor at all in a heart transplant?
What unavoidable factor would diminish dthe chance of success of a lung transplant, but is not a factor at all in a heart transplant
How would you use transplant in a sentence?
The gardener transplanted the tomato from the pot to the garden bed.When my heart fails I hope to be able to get a heart transplant.
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.
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.
If a drug dilates blood vessels does it raise or lower blood pressure?
When nicotine exerts its effect on the heart, the pulse rate of the smoker will increase while smoking the cigarette. A consequence of the pulse rate increasing is that the nicotine will raise the smoker's blood pressure.
When was the first heart transplant from pig to woman?
Never... The heart of a pig would not function correctly in a human.
What made Christiaan Barnard famous?
The reason Cristiaan Barnard is famous is because he was the first person to perform a heart transplant.
Can you get a fake heart transplant?
No. If a patient got a "fake" heart, the fake by definition would not function. So, the patient would die if the surgeons put in a fake heart.
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.
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.
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.
