APPLIED RADIOLOGICAL ANATOMY

Detailed explanation-1: -What is a heart transplant? A heart transplant is surgery to remove the diseased heart from a person and replace it with a healthy one from an organ donor. To remove the heart from the donor, two or more healthcare providers must declare the donor brain-dead.

Detailed explanation-2: -A heart transplant is an operation to replace a damaged or failing heart with a healthy heart from a donor who’s recently died. It may be recommended when a person’s life is at risk because their heart no longer works effectively.

Detailed explanation-3: -Most heart transplants are done with a method called orthotopic surgery, where most of your heart is removed but the back half of both upper chambers, called atria, are left in place. Then the front half of the donor heart is sewn to the back half of the old heart.

Detailed explanation-4: -When your new heart is fully connected, the blood circulating through the bypass machine will be allowed back into the heart and the tubes to the machine are removed. Your surgeon will shock the heart with small paddles to restart the heartbeat.