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When having a heart transplant do your lungs come out with your heart?
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Definitely not.
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What organ must blood go through in order to come back to the heart oxygenated?
Your heart gives oxygen to blood cells, then those carry oxygen throughout your body, and when they reach your heart again, it refills them with oxygen.
What is heart-lung transplantation?
Yes, there is such a thing as a heart transplant. Given the right medical criteria, heart transplants can be done for some patients. Other patients do not meet the criteria, or choose to not have a transplant. Other patients who might want a transplant are too poor / lack insurance.
Can you give your heart to somebody that has a bad heart?
Although popularized in fiction (TV, films), it is extremely rare to have "direct donation" of hearts (e.g. from a dying relative or friend). The "elective donor" process is becoming a common procedure for kidneys and for sections of the liver, where the donor will continue living after the transplant. But the heart is almost always a total transplant, and has to come from a recently deceased donor, one who dies from something that does not damage the heart. Doctors cannot approve the deliberate death of a healthy person even if it means saving another.
Where does the name pulmonary artery come from and named an artery if it is not oxiginated blood?
Whether they have oxygen or not, all arteries carry blood away from the heart. And, since the pulmonary arteries carry blood from the right ventricle of the heart to the lungs, it is appropriately called an artery. Any blood vessel that carries blood toward the heart is called a vein. So that is why the oxygenated blood from the lungs uses the pulmonary veins to carry it to the left atrium of the heart.
Does blood come from the heart have a high or a low level of oxygen?
All blood coming from the heart travels through arteries but not all have high levels of oxygen.The blood that goes to the body is high in oxygen but the blood that goes to the lungs is low in oxygen.There it drops of carbon dioxide and picks up oxygen and carries this back to the heart to be pumped out to the body.
When having a heart transplant does your lungs come out to?
no, not so much. The heart is nestled in the left lung, however there is plenty of room to remove the heart without removing the lungs.
What was wrong with Michael Jackson's lungs that made doctors say he needed a lung transplant?
This supposed lung transplant need is something that has come from the tabloid press. There is no evidence that it is true.
What does the pulmonary vein do?
Carries oxygenated blood from the lungs to the left atria of the heart. Brings blood from the lungs to the heart.
Why did victor Chang want to bo a doctor?
He was a surgeon and he wanted to come up with something that could save heart transplant patients
Heart-lung transplant - series?
Normal anatomyThe heart and lungs are located in the thorax, or chest cavity. The heart pumps blood from the body to the lungs, where the blood is oxygenated. It then returns the blood to the heart, which pumps the freshly oxygenated blood to the rest of the body.IndicationsA combined heart-lung transplant may be recommended for patients who have both cardiac and lung disease. The most common reasons for a combined heart-lung transplant are pulmonary hypertension, cystic fibrosis, lung disease associated with damage to the right ventricle of the heart, and various congenital defects of the heart and lungs.Procedure, part 1Heart-lung transplant operations have been performed since 1980 in the United States. The donated heart and lungs come from a human who has been declared brain-dead but remains on a life-support machine. A single recipient may receive one or both donor lungs. The tissues must be a match to help ensure that the patient does not reject the transplanted tissue. While the patient is deep asleep and pain-free (general anesthesia), an incision is made through the breast bone (sternum). Tubes are used to re-route the blood to a heart-lung bypass machine that keeps the blood oxygenated and circulating during the surgery.Procedure, part 2The patient's heart and lungs are removed and the donor heart and lungs are stitched into place. A heart-lung transplant is performed only in patients who have a very good chance of success. The long-term outcome is variable, depending on the patient's overall health and disease progression. Most patients should expect to stay in the hospital for an extended period of time. It generally takes about six months to fully recover from this surgery. To prevent rejection of the donor organs, the patient will likely take immunosuppressive medication for the rest of his life.Reviewed ByReview Date: 07/25/2007Robert A. Cowles, MD, Assistant Professor of Surgery, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York, NY. Review provided by VeriMed Healthcare Network.
Can a heart come back to life?
Not if the cells are dead, but (for about an hour) if the heart is only stopped then it can be restarted. Certainly. In heart transplant operations, the donor heart is effectively "dead" at the moment of transplantation into the recipient. It has to be re-animated with a jolt of electricity.
Why do guys say not to come to there house unannounced?
They think that once they have won your heart you can win there heart by having sex with him. They think that once they have won your heart you can win there heart by having sex with him.
What veil does oxygen blood come in and out?
Oxygenated blood is carried by the pulmonary vein. This vein transports blood from the lungs to the heart.
Who can help you with fund to be put on lung transplant list?
The cost of a lung transplant is quite high and can cost about $400,000 for a single lung transplant and $800,000 for a double lung transplant. You can receive help from anyone to come up with the funds to be put on the lung transplant list.
What organ must blood go through in order to come back to the heart oxygenated?
Your heart gives oxygen to blood cells, then those carry oxygen throughout your body, and when they reach your heart again, it refills them with oxygen.
How come when you hold your breathe you soon need to breathe?
Because we need to,our lungs needs so does our blood needs oxygen. Let me explain to you (what i remember from bio class) There r "ballon" like things in our lungs which holds the air air and passes it to our heart and our heart passes it to our blood
Where does a cadaver transplant come from?
It comes from a dead organ donor
