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The film explores the experiences of eight patients following major heart surgery, describing their experiences with postperfusion syndrome. The filmmaker Andrew Pike experienced pumphead himself, following open-heart surgery in 2011. [8]
Endomyocardial biopsy (EMB) is an invasive procedure used routinely to obtain small samples of heart muscle, primarily for detecting rejection of a donor heart following heart transplantation. It is also used as a diagnostic tool in some heart diseases .
Recipients can acquire kidney disease from a heart transplant due to the side effects of immunosuppressant medications. Many recent advances in reducing complications due to tissue rejection stem from mouse heart transplant procedures. [51] People who have had heart transplants are monitored in various ways to test for possible organ rejection ...
At 5 years post-transplant, 80% of lung transplants, 60% of heart transplants and 50% of kidney transplants are affected, while liver transplants are only affected 10% of the time. [20] Therefore, chronic rejection explains long-term morbidity in most lung-transplant recipients, [ 23 ] [ 24 ] the median survival roughly 4.7 years, about half ...
Myocardial stunning or transient post-ischemic myocardial dysfunction is a state of mechanical cardiac dysfunction that can occur in a portion of myocardium without necrosis after a brief interruption in perfusion, despite the timely restoration of normal coronary blood flow.
Autoimmune disease is a frequent complication after human allogeneic thymus transplantation, found in 42% of subjects over one year post-transplantation. [28] However, this is partially explained by the fact that the indication itself, that is, complete DiGeorge syndrome , increases the risk of autoimmune disease.
In 1984, he performed the world’s first successful paediatric heart transplant. [30] 1994–1995: John Wallwork: Wallwork performed the world's first heart-lung and liver transplant with Sir Roy Calne in 1986. [31] 1995–1996: Sharon Hunt: Pioneered work on post-operative care of heart transplant patients. [32] 1996–1997: William Baumgartner
Polysomnography (PSG) is a multi-parameter type of sleep study [1] and a diagnostic tool in sleep medicine.The test result is called a polysomnogram, also abbreviated PSG.The name is derived from Greek and Latin roots: the Greek πολύς (polus for "many, much", indicating many channels), the Latin somnus ("sleep"), and the Greek γράφειν (graphein, "to write").