Daily BeastDick Cheney Surgery: 7 Essential Facts about Heart TransplantsDaily BeastToday, there are at least 3100 people awaiting a heart transplant in the US Heart transplantation is considered a last resort when a person has reached end-stage heart …
CBS NewsCheney Operation Underscores Heart Transplant IssuesWBURHeart transplantation has come a long way since Christiaan Barnard stitched the heart of a young woman into the chest of a middle-aged man in South Africa in 1967. That transplant recipien…
New York Daily NewsCheney doing 'exceedingly well' after heart transplantWashington PostFor example, according to data compiled by the Texas-based International Society for Heart & Lung Transplantation, about 60 percent of people age 70 and…
New York TimesFor Cheney, 71, New Heart Ends 20-Month WaitNew York TimesAs recently as 2006, the International Society for Heart and Lung Transplantation said that while patients recommended for a heart transplant should generally be 70 or under, “ca…
Hertfordshire MercuryPhoenix Children's Hospital Launches New Pediatric Liver Transplant ProgramDOTmed.comBoth doctors expect the program to be extremely beneficial for patients and their families by offering a full range of services for those with…
Cystic fibrosis, organ transplantaion focus of upcoing film and Cafe ScientifiqueThe Bozeman Daily Chronicle“From Sickness to Health: A Personal Story of Cystic Fibrosis and Lung Transplantation” is the subject of the next Cafe Scientifique to be h…
HCC patients have reduced risk of waitlist mortalityNews-Medical.netNew research shows increasing disparity in mortality among candidates with and without hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) who are on the waiting list for liver transplantation. The study a…
KLEWExperimental power pack allows man with artificial heart to leave hospital …The Republic“He had wrapped his mind around that he wasn't as sick as he was,” said his surgeon, Dr. Nahush Mokadam, co-director of heart transplantation and dire…
Kidney disease awareness within the African American communityWashington Post“The diseases that lead to kidney disease, such as high blood pressure or hypertension and diabetes, are much more concentrated in African American populations,” said J. K…
Liver cancer patients less likely to die on wait list than candidates without …Medical XpressNew research shows increasing disparity in mortality among candidates with and without hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) who are on the waiting list for liver t…