MUSC Medical Center Heart Transplant Program
About the program as well as patient education, stastics, heart failure management and a support group.
http://www.musc.edu/hearttransplant/
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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.
http://Doug.BassGuitar.com/heart.htm
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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.
http://www.radiks.net/rlhelm/
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Temple's Heart Failure & Transplant Center
Information for patients, family and friends including evaluation, waiting, medication, diet and other resources.
http://www.temple.edu/heartfailure/html/heart_transplant.html
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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.
http://www.med.umich.edu/1libr/heart/surg02.htm
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Health Care Financial Administration
A list of medicare approved heart, lung, heart-lung, and liver transplant centers is provided.
http://www.hcfa.gov/medicare/tranplan.htm
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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.
http://www.accessexcellence.org/WN/NM/ozpage1.html
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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.
http://www.jonsplace.org/CHF_tx/CHFtransplant.htm
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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.
http://www.howstuffworks.com/artificial-heart.htm
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National Heart Centre
Public specialist center near SGH for all things regarding cardiology.
http://www.nhc.com.sg/
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