Tag: heart transplantation

Ken’s Heart Transplant Recovery Battle

Ken’s Heart Transplant Recovery Battle

Ken’s transplant recovery is not the happiest transplant experience but it says a lot about the survival instincts you may need to summon if things go wrong and especially if you encounter the dreaded aspergillius mold infection.

| March 25, 2013 | 1 Comments
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Vata Derangement, The Shrink and Heart Transplantation

Vata Derangement, The Shrink and Heart Transplantation

The battle from the effects of heart transplantation continues here in Albany NY. Of late, a combination of dreadful weather, two bouts with the flu and some surgical procedures have left me reeling. I have pretty much been confined to quarters since December 27th. My only escapes have been to see physicians. These appointments have [...]

| March 11, 2013 | 2 Comments
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New and Improved Anti-Coagulant Approved

New and Improved Anti-Coagulant Approved

How would you like a new anticoagulant that does not increase the risk of excessive bleeding?

| December 31, 2012 | 0 Comments
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The Professional Heart Transplant Patient

The Professional Heart Transplant Patient

One of the realities of being a heart transplant patient is that you will become a professional patient, a job you may never have seen coming.

| December 20, 2012 | 1 Comments
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Extending the Donor Organ Age

Extending the Donor Organ Age

Astonishingly, in Europe 4,500 hearts that are approved for transplantation are not being used every year. Br. Bombardini explained this phenomenon,

| December 12, 2012 | 3 Comments
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One Happy Heart Transplant’s Thanksgiving

One Happy Heart Transplant’s Thanksgiving

My hope is that wherever you are in the transplant cycle, you will rejoice in your prolonged life or in the hope that accompanies the wait.

| December 9, 2012 | 11 Comments
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Sudden Cardiac Death And You

Sudden Cardiac Death And You

If you are related to a young person, under the age of 35, who suffers Sudden Cardiac Death, you are at a high risk of undiagnosed heart disease.

| November 19, 2012 | 0 Comments
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The High Cost of Heart Transplantation

The High Cost of Heart Transplantation

High cost of heart transplant, advice and insurance.

| November 14, 2012 | 1 Comments
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Understanding The Heart Organ Award System

Understanding The Heart Organ Award System

Do you know when “the call” might come? Read this and you might understand a little beter how organs and awarded.

| October 10, 2012 | 2 Comments
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Medicine Cocktail May Help Patients Avoid Heart Transplant

Medicine Cocktail May Help Patients Avoid Heart Transplant

The Jewish Hospital of Louisville announced a new medicine cocktail that may eliminate or seriously delay the need for heart transplantation..

| August 16, 2012 | 1 Comments
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