Double lung transplant recipient dances
Helene Campbell hopes every person in need of an organ donation receives the treatment and care she has been given.
Double-lung transplant recipient Helene Campbell: 'I will never forget how blessed I am'
Bursting with joy and gratitude, double-lung transplant recipient Helene Campbell made her first public appearance Thursday, and used the occasion to dance with her doctors.
Baby Saved by Smallest Artificial Heart
An artificial heart the size of a pinky finger kept a 16-month-old baby alive for nearly two weeks while he waited for a heart transplant, Reuters reported. The Italian baby, whose name has not been released, had dilated cardiomyopathy, a disease that …
Lung transplant recipient Hélène Campbell dances in first public appearance
Bursting with joy and gratitude, double-lung transplant recipient Hélène Campbell made her first public appearance Thursday and she used the occasion to dance with her doctors. “I’m probably going to get talked to after this,” Campbell joked as…
UPMC Presbyterian Shadyside Hospital Will Participate in Aetna’s Institutes of Excellence™ Transplant Network
Aetna announced today that UPMC Presbyterian Shadyside Hospital has been designated as a participating facility in Aetna’s Institutes of Excellence™ Transplant Network.
Smallest Artificial Heart Keeps Baby Alive
Italian doctors implant tiny pump into a 16-month-old boy awaiting his new heart. Here's a new twist on an long-running story: an artificial heart kept a baby boy alive for 13 days while doctors waited for his new heart, reports Reuters . The bridg…
Campbell dances again after double-lung transplant
Double-lung transplant recipient Helene Campbell stood and danced with her parents and doctors in Toronto on Thursday as they celebrated her progress recovering from a difficult surgery.
Helene Campbell grateful for "miracle" of double lung transplant
TORONTO – Double-lung transplant recipient and organ donor advocate Helene Campbell says she's not done with her cause now that she has her voice back.
Double-lung transplant survivor news conference
The Ottawa woman who has become the country's best-known advocate for organ donation holds her first news conference since undergoing a double-lung transplant.
Toddler received world’s smallest artificial heart as he waited for a transplant
Italian doctors have saved the life of a 16-month-old boy by implanting the world's smallest artificial heart to keep the infant alive until a donor was found for a transplant