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What happens when a heart becomes available for transplant?
When a heart becomes available and is approved for a patient, it is packed in a sterile cold solution and rushed to the hospital where the recipient is waiting.
Can a heart donor be a living donor?
Not really...
What happens to blood that enters the heart?
it becomes oxygenated
What happens to your heart if you drink to much alcohol?
it becomes to raise your heart rate
How long after a donor dies can the organs still be used?
An cadaverous organ donor can either be a "heart-beating donor" (aka, brain dead) or a "non-heart beating donor". Those in the first category have suffered a severe head injury, meaning they will never regain consciousness or recover, but their heart is still pumping blood around their body. Whereas those in the other group have suffered some event which has stopped their heart - e.g a sudden cardiac arrest. Those in the "non-heart beating donor" category are never used for heart transplants, since their heart has been the cause of their death; their heart does not work. Only those in the "heart-beating donor" category are used for heart transplants; in these donors, the heart does not stop beating until it is removed from their body - the heart is not "dead" as such, but the donor is brain dead so has no use for a functioning heart. And just because the heart ceases to beat when outside of the body does not mean it is "dead". Possibly your question should be "how long do you get between harvesting a heart for transplant until it becomes unusable?", since using a "dead" heart for a transplant would be utterly pointless. However, if that was your question, you get around 4-5 hours.
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.
Who wrote book regarding heart transplant recipients picking up same traits as heart donor?
Paul Pearsall wrote the book 'The heart's Code' which gives stories of recipients receiving donor heart memories
What is a sentence using the word donor?
The heart transplant was delayed because it took longer to remove from the donor. The charity gave an award to its one-millionth donor.
How is a heart donor determined?
The heart must come from a person with the same blood type as the patient, unless it is blood type O negative. A blood type O negative heart is a universal donor and is suitable for any patient regardless of blood type.
Why was a baboon heart used for Baby Fae instead of a human heart which seemed preferable?
The official explanation was the lack of a donor available at the time, though that is hard to verify either way. I'm sure the advancement of science also played a part as well.
How did the artificial heart impact the world?
The artificial heart is one of the most important developments in the medical field. It has saved many lives by acting to pump a patient's blood while they are waiting to either be fit enough for surgery or for a donor heart to become available.
What kinds of tissues and organs are included in the donor program?
Typically, the tissues and organs included in a donor program are heart, lungs, liver, kidneys, pancreas, intestines, corneas, skin, bone, tendons, cartilage, and heart valves. Each donor program may have specific guidelines on which tissues and organs are accepted for donation.
