Heart transplant gives first Alabama twin her chance at life
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NASHVILLE, Tenn. - A 4 1/2-month-old north Alabama girl was in stable condition Wednesday after undergoing a heart transplant while her twin remained in the same hospital awaiting the same operation.
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After deciding to keep a baby alive in California with a device not approved for use in the U.S., doctors performed a heart transplant on Monday.
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A twin who survived a surgical separation last week from her sister went back into the operating room at Johns Hopkins Children&#39;s Center for several hours of reconstructive surgery on her head and scalp.
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A patient whose double lung transplant operation was stopped after a plane carrying donor organs crashed into Lake Michigan has received a second set of lungs, doctors announced Friday.
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After her death, Maxine Watson saved at least two lives, having arranged for her organs to be donated to those who needed them most.
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A Spaniard has become the first woman in the world to receive a double hand transplant.
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Surgeons successfully separated conjoined twin girls on Wednesday, but said one twin will need a heart and lung transplant to survive.
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Giving a bear hug to his surgeon and a thumbs-up to other hospital staff, a 14-year-old boy went home for Christmas - the first child to receive a new heart after relying on a newly developed miniature heart pump.
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When they left the hospital with their newborn twins that spring day nearly two years ago, Maggie and Kevin Beirne felt they could at last begin their life together as a family.
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Passing electric current in pulses through transplanted heart cells is bringing us closer to a grow-your-own heart patch, said US researchers.
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The first artificial heart won U.S. approval Monday for use as a temporary measure to keep alive patients on the verge of death while they wait for live organs to become available for transplants.
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One of four brothers diagnosed with a rare disease is re-admitted to hospital following a transplant.
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A Holland woman who owes the past six years of her life to a heart transplant is now awaiting a kidney transplant. Brenda Veenman, 60, was added to the University of Michigan&#39;s kidney transplant list Dec.
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The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced today the approval of a temporary artificial heart for use in patients awaiting a heart transplant.
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A teenage girl who has four kidneys is hoping to be able to donate two of them to patients in need of a transplant
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An American scientific study shows that artificial hearts can keep heart-transplant candidates alive before the donor organ is available and it also helps prolong their life after transplant.
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A baby girl who was given just days to live has a liver transplant after her parents appealed for a donor.