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| Web Pages |
| MUSC Medical Center Heart Transplant Program |
| About the program as well as patient education, heart failure management and a support group. |
| Doug's Heart |
| Personal experiences of Doug Fredlund who holds the record for the longest wait for a transplant on a HeartMate LVAD at the University of Minnesota Hospital. |
| Richard Helm |
| A personal story of a heart transplant in November of 1994 at the University of Wisconsin in Madison and the William S. Middleton Veteran's Hospital in Madison. |
| Temple's Heart Failure & Transplant Center |
| Information for patients, family and friends including evaluation, waiting, medication, diet and other resources. |
| University of Michigan Health System |
| Topics covered are who is a candidate for transplant, how it is done, complications, the survival rate for heart transplants and a number to help find a doctor. |
| Health Care Financial Administration |
| A list of medicare approved heart, lung, heart-lung, and liver transplant centers is provided. |
| Newsmaker Interview- Artificial Heart |
| An interview by Sean Henahan with heart transplant authority Dr. Mehmet Oz on the state of the art of the artificial heart, including LVADs and the new Abiocor implant. |
| The Straight Story |
| In depth look at heart transplants, from qualifying till after the surgery and going home and life after. Real-life stories and links. |
| HowStuffWorks: How Artificial Hearts Work |
| Graphic narrative shows the self-contained AbioCor Implantable Replacement Heart, how it's implanted, and how it compares to the failed artificial hearts in the past. |
| National Heart Center of Singapore |
| A discussion about how a transplant is done, who might get one, how donors are found and life after a transplant. |
| Heart Transplantation at Columbia University Department of Surgery |
| Information on heart disease and heart transplantation, immunology and how to be a proactive participant in one's health care. |
| Heart Transplant: A Patient's Perspective |
| Personal account of a heart transplant in 1997, before, during and after the procedure. |
| Hahnemann Heart |
| Hahnemann University Hospital offers the AbioCor implantable artificial heart. |
| Heart Failure & Transplant at California Pacific Medical Center |
| Programs for end-stage cardiac disease, artificial hearts and heart transplant. |