A heart transplant is an operation during which
a failing or pathological
heart is replaced with a healthier, donor heart.Heart transplants are
performed once different
treatments for heart issues
haven't worked.A heart transplant is not an appropriate option if :
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You're an advanced age that would interfere with the ability to recover from transplant surgery.
→You have another medical condition that might
shorten your life, despite
receiving a donor heart, like a heavy excretory organ
, liver or any respiratory organ.
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You have a serious
infection.→
You have a recent personal case history
of cancer.→
You are unwilling or unable to create mode
changes necessary to stay
your donor heart healthy, like
not drinking alcohol or not smoking
The heart surgery carries the risk of many complications like death,bleeding,blood clots and heart attack.
One of the most common risks after having a heart transplant is that your body might reject the donor's heart.
There is also a possibility that the walls of the arteries in your heart could become thicken and harden, which can lead to to cardiac allograft vasculopathy (CAV).
