heart transplant operation
1Heart transplant — A surgical procedure in which a diseased heart is replaced with a healthy heart from a deceased person. The world’s first heart transplant was done on December 3, 1967 by South African surgeon Christiaan Bernard (1922 2001). The recipient… …
2heart transplant — /ˈhat trænsplænt/ (say haht transplant) noun a transplant operation in which a person s diseased heart is replaced with a healthy heart from a donor …
3beating-heart transplant — noun A heart transplant operation in which the donor heart is kept full of blood and continues to beat in a machine between donor and recipient …
4transplant — 01. A 3 year old boy received a liver [transplant] in an 18 hour operation. 02. It took my uncle several months to recover from his heart [transplant] operation. 03. There is always a shortage of organs for [transplantation] in our hospitals. 04 …
5transplant — transplants, transplanting, transplanted (The noun is pronounced [[t]træ̱nsplɑːnt, plænt[/t]]. The verb is pronounced [[t]trænsplɑ͟ːnt, plæ̱nt[/t]].) 1) N VAR A transplant is a medical operation in which a part of a person s body is replaced… …
6heart recipient — person who receives a donated heart in a heart transplant operation …
7Heart transplantation — or cardiac transplantation, is a surgical transplant procedure performed on patients with end stage heart failure or severe coronary artery disease. The most common procedure is to take a working heart from a recently deceased organ donor… …
8Heart–lung transplant — Intervention ICD 9 CM 33.6 MeSH …
9transplant — transplantable, adj. transplantation, n. transplanter, n. v. /trans plant , plahnt /; n. /trans plant , plahnt /, v.t. 1. to remove (a plant) from one place and plant it in another. 2. Surg. to transfer (an organ, tissue, etc.) from one part of… …
10Heart-lung transplant — Interventions infobox Name = PAGENAME Caption = ICD10 = ICD9 = 33.6 MeshID = D016041 OtherCodes = A heart lung transplant is a procedure carried out to replace both heart and lungs in a single operation. Due to a shortage of suitable donors, it… …
