Transplant

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.chfpatients.com/tx/transplant.htm

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

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

MGH Cardiac Transplant Program - Massachusetts General Hospital Heart Center offers information about their heart failure and cardiac transplant program. Also describes CHF and cardiomyopathy.
http://www.massgeneral.org/heartcenter/index.aspx?page=programs_services&subpage=program_heart_failure

Heart Failure & Transplant at California Pacific Medical Center - Programs for end-stage cardiac disease, artificial hearts and heart transplant.
http://www.cpmc.org/heart

Heart Transplant: A Patient's Perspective - Personal account of a heart transplant in 1997, before, during and after the procedure.
http://www.geocities.com/ehtlibahunt/transplant.html

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.
http://www.hearttransplant.com

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.
http://www.nhc.com.sg/

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

MUSC Medical Center Heart Transplant Program - About the program as well as patient education, heart failure management and a support group.
http://www.musc.edu/hearttransplant/