What is involved in heart transplant surgery?
When performing heart transplant surgery, there are several steps. The first step is to locate and harvest a suitable donor heart for use. The surgeon must then remove the patient or damaged the patient's heart and replace it with the donor organ. Then the patient must be monitored to ensure that the procedure has been successful and special medicines are administered to prevent the patient's body from rejecting a new heart. Several factors play a role in this process. The recipient must be a suitable candidate, which means that his heart is damaged to the extent that it is necessary to replace, is otherwise in relatively good health and is able to meet the lifestyle changes necessary for the care of a new heart. The donor must also be available and its immune system must be compatible with the recipient system; It may take months or even years for this to happen. As a donor organ is available, the surgeon must remove it from the donor and quickly transfer it to the recipient to be implanted.
Another steps in heart transplantation are the removal of the damaged heart of the patient and replacement for the donor heart. During the procedure, the patient will be in anesthesia hospital, acting as a heart and lungs to pump blood and oxygen through the body. The old heart will be removed, which can be very simple or more complicated if there is a scar from previous operations. The new heart is then placed in the chest and sewn on the necessary blood vessels. It usually takes several hours to complete the process.
As soon as the heart transplant surgery has been completed, the patient will usually be in the hospital for about a week or two. Tests such as blood tests, chest X -rays and ECG rays will be monitored to ensure that the transplant is successful. It is also typical for the patient to start to receive anti-rule drugs immediately over IV to prevent the body from attacking a foreign organ. Once an immediate recovery from surgery has been completed, P will be pAcient has to continue to use medicines against rejection at home and will also have to receive subsequent medical care to check his overall health and health of his new heart.