Procedure Guide

Heart Transplantation

A heart transplant removes a damaged or diseased heart and replaces it with a healthy one. Read about the surgery, risks, and living with a transplant.

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Definition

A heart transplant removes a damaged or diseased heart and replaces it with a healthy one. Read about the surgery, risks, and living with a transplant.

Concept record

Canonical title: Heart Transplantation
Alphabetical key: H
Category: Surgery
Content type: Procedure Guide
Other names, clinical names and abbreviations: None recorded for this concept yet.
Article status: Medical Encyclopedia Index Entry — full article under review.

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