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Heart Transplantation

Beyond heart transplants - What's next ?
This article reviews past successes of heart surgery's most revolutionary operation, and looks to the future with optimism and promise.

Heart Transplants - all you wanted to know
The AHA booklet on heart transplantation

Life expectancy after a heart transplant
A tough topic to address indeed. See what experts at the Mayo Clinic have to say.

Left Ventricular Assist Device
The mechanical assistance device that helps in left heart failure

Dynamic Cardiomyoplasty - Support for the failing heart
A look at a unique operation to help treat the patient with end stage heart failure.

Organ Donation
The legal, moral and ethical implications of organ donation for transplantation are discussed in this elegant article.

Artificial Heart Valve
All about heart valves that are used to replace diseased human valves.

Artificial Heart
It is man's dream invention, an artificial alternative to the human heart. Read all about the research in this exciting field.

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