Heart transplantation

Coronary heart disease, one of the most pervasive disease, has influenced more than million individuals around the globe. It has brought biomedical engineers and scientists closer to develop devices like defibrillators and artificial hearts that may alleviate patients’ pain. As the number of patients suffering from heart diseases increase, the need for donor hearts increases as well. In 1995, 4000 patients waited for donor hearts and 731 of them died waiting (ijates.com). Artificial hearts…

transplant. Organ donation is a process of surgically removing an organ or tissue from one person (the organ donor) and placing it into another person (the organ recipient). Transplantation is needed because the organ recipient’s organ(s) have either failed or been damaged by a fatal disease or injury. The organs that can be donated are; hearts, lungs, kidneys, pancreas, lungs, liver, and intestine which must be used within 4-6 hours after removal depending on the organ. Most donated organs are…

man-made creation that is implanted within a person in order to sustain/improve a failing organ and can come as a kind of temporary life support while waiting on the transplant list. In some cases, artificial organs can eliminate the need for transplantation altogether however there are many benefits and costs to artificial organs which prevents this. Other artificial organs such as prosthetic limbs and cochlear implants, which are for those in no need of transplants, allow for the people…

In this aspect, China has already improved a lot. In fact, before 2000, China had few examples of organ transplantation. However, from 1980s, the number of organ transplantation had increased quickly. We can take kidney as an example, there was reported cumulative total 34832 cases in those 20 years, which was really high(China Organ Transplant Problem). However in China now, there are still…

Similar statistics are true for Europe, each year the disease causes over 4 million deaths in Europe and over 1.9 million deaths in the European Union. This makes it the major cause of death for both men and women in most countries of Europe (13). Heart failure and myocardial infarction result in cardiomyocyte death by apoptosis and/or necrosis. The cardiomyocytes’ limited capability to divide leads to the replacement of dead cells by proliferating fibroblast that migrate into the damaged area…

Jennifer Feser 16OCT2014 According to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), “28,465 organ transplants were performed in the U.S. in 2010…[but] currently over 100,000 patients are still waiting for donations…” (Gormley. 2011). The topic of organ donation is contentious and controversial at best. While few can argue against the benefits to both individual and society of implementing organ donation programs, the means by which to accomplish such a feat are hotly debated in the…

Parkinson’s disease, Huntington’s disease, stroke and hearing loss. There are currency not many tissues that are able to be used for human transplant. A common tissue used for human transplant is the heart tissue of pigs. Material from pigs has been routinely and safely used for medical purposes for decades, with heart valves the best known example. Pig skin and pig valves have been used in human transplants when patients get an organ transplant from a human donor. These organs are used in this…

Abstract Objective – This case study seeks to explore the current literature recommendations regarding treatment modalities of sarcoidosis induced heart block. Context – Sarcoidosis is a chronic, inflammatory disease that may affect any organ system. Symptoms tend to be vague and include fatigue, lethargy, weight loss, shortness of breath, a dry and hacking cough, blurry vision, dry eyes, arthritis, and cutaneous manifestations. Though this disease may affect any organ system of body, it most…

Americans die due to cardiovascular related problems, which is about 42% of total death per year. Cardiovascular disease is the disease of heart and vascular system of the human body that includes narrowing down or blocking of blood vessels (arteries, veins and capillaries) that can lead to range of diseases such as coronary artery disease, arrhythmia, congenital heart defects, angina (chest pain) and stroke. Even though cardiovascular disease is common only in adult population, it is very…

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