December 6, 2021

Give Blood, Share Joy: Joe Tucker’s heart transplant story

“I wanted to live, and I'm living, I want it to survive. And I'm a survivor,” said Joe Tucker. MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Give Blood, Share Joy. It is our campaign to help

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Heart Transplants

Hospitals

November 24, 2021

Heart transplant, cancer survivor shares secret springboards behind her resilience

Julie Hutchinson’s second life started 27 years ago. Each of those years, the 58-year-old Riverside resident has celebrated her heart transplant anniversary with loved ones. “We call it my ‘anna-birthday’ since

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Heart Transplants

Media

World

November 17, 2021

World’s First Artificial Heart Transplant on a Female Shows Promising Result, Gives Hope to Wider Variety of Patients (VIDEO)

Cardiothoracic surgeons from the University of Louisville Health - Jewish Hospital and the University of Louisville performed the first-ever Aeson bioprosthetic total artificial heart implantation on a 57-year-old woman from

November 17, 2021

UK: British surgeons in children’s heart transplant breakthrough

NHS doctors have reportedly become the first in the world to complete heart transplants in children using organs brought back to life by a ground-breaking machine. Donated hearts have historically come

November 10, 2021

University of Chicago Medicine’s heart transplant program named highest-performing in U.S. (VIDEO)

CHICAGO — The University of Chicago Medicine’s heart transplant program has been named the high-performing in the U.S. Only 14 of 143 heart transplant programs in the U.S. earned a five-star

October 28, 2021

Natera Announces the Validation and Launch of the Prospera™ Heart Transplant Assessment Test

AUSTIN, Texas, Aug. 31, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Natera, Inc. (NASDAQ: NTRA), a leader in transforming care through genetic and cell-free DNA (cfDNA) testing, today announced the validation and clinical availability of

October 23, 2021

AUSTRALIA: Boy gets heart transplant for rare condition which claimed his brother’s life

At just 18 months of age, Alexander Kakias’ heart had given up and he relied on a Berlin Heart to keep him alive. This machine is a contraption that sits

October 20, 2021

Mom Cuddles Baby Who Received Her Late Son’s Heart in Lifesaving Transplant (VIDEO)

It was an emotional meeting between two families at the University of Minnesota Masonic Children's Hospital. As Brooke Eaton cradled Lola Bonds in her arms, she pressed a stethoscope to

October 20, 2021

Florida Hospitals Fight New State Rules On Transplants, Pediatric Cardiac Services

Some of Florida’s largest health care systems and children’s hospitals are challenging two proposed state rules, alleging that facilities could get shut out of the market and quality of care

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Heart Transplants

World

October 20, 2021

UK: 22-Year-Old Feels ‘Bulletproof’ After Life-Saving Heart Transplant

Death and what happens to our bodies after we die isn’t always something we humans feel comfortable discussing, despite this being the one thing that unites us all. However, for some,

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