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Am I Qualified For Heart Transplant?

i have 5 stents , 2 patches to fix cardiac ruptures, 4 heart attacks, 3 corony bypass grafts and a enlarged heart.
Sun, 20 Dec 2009
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Not now. But you need Ventricular Assist Device. Ventricular assist devices (VAD) help your heart pump blood from the main pumping chamber of your heart (the left ventricle) to the rest of your body. These pumps may be implanted in your body or connected to a pump outside your body.
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Am I Qualified For Heart Transplant?

Not now. But you need Ventricular Assist Device. Ventricular assist devices (VAD) help your heart pump blood from the main pumping chamber of your heart (the left ventricle) to the rest of your body. These pumps may be implanted in your body or connected to a pump outside your body.