Heart Transplantation

• Latest News
• Infant Heart Transplant May Have Down Side (10/22/2004, Reuters Health)
• FDA Approves Partial Artificial Heart (10/18/2004, United Press International)
• FDA Approves Temporary Artificial Heart (10/18/2004, Food and Drug Administration)

• Overviews
• Heart Transplant: What to Expect (American Heart Association) - Links to PDF File
• Transplant Primer: Heart Transplant (Scientific Registry of Transplant Recipients)

• Anatomy/Physiology
• Anatomy of the Human Heart (Texas Heart Institute)
  Also available in: Spanish
• Normal Heart and How It Works (American Heart Association)

• Clinical Trials
• ClinicalTrials.gov: Heart Transplantation (National Institutes of Health)

• Specific Conditions
• Organ Donation (American Heart Association)
• Ventricular Assist Device (VAD) (Food and Drug Administration) - Requires Macromedia Flash Player to view animation

• Disease Management
• Keeping Your New Heart or Lung Healthy: Facts about Transplant Medications (American Society of Transplantation) - Links to PDF File - Large file
  Also available in: Spanish

• Related Issues
• Listen to the Sound of Your Heart (Pump) (Cleveland Clinic Foundation)

• Research
• Cholesterol-Lowering Drug Improves Survival after Heart Transplant (American Heart Association)
• FDA Approves Heart Assist Device for Children (Food and Drug Administration)
• Post-Transplant Nerve Regrowth Better with Young Hearts, Quick Surgery (American Heart Association)
• While-You-Wait Implantable Heart Assist Device Appears Effective (American Heart Association)

• Dictionaries/Glossaries
• Transplant Glossary (United Network for Organ Sharing)
• Transplantation Glossary (National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases)

• Directories
• List of Medicare Approved Heart Transplant Centers (Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services)
• List of Medicare Approved Lung and Heart-Lung Transplant Centers (Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services)
• Medicare Approved Left Ventricular Assist Device (LVAD) Destination Therapy Facilities (Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services)

• Organizations
• American Heart Association
• Division of Transplantation (Health Resources and Services Administration)
• National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute
• Scientific Registry of Transplant Recipients

• Statistics
• Fast Facts about Transplants (Scientific Registry of Transplant Recipients)
• Heart Center Data Profile (Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network)
• Heart/Lung Data Center Profile (Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network)
• Organ Facts: Heart (United Network for Organ Sharing)

• Children
• Heart Transplants in Infants and Children (American Heart Association)

• Information from the Medical Encyclopedia
• Heart Transplantation