Heart Transplantation

Anatomy/Physiology

1.	Normal Heart and How It Works American Heart Association http://www.americanheart.org/presenter.jhtml?identifier=770




2.	Anatomy of the Human Heart Texas Heart Institute http://www.texasheartinstitute.org/anatomy2.html

Children

1.	Heart Transplants in Infants and Children American Heart Association http://www.americanheart.org/presenter.jhtml?identifier=4589

Clinical Trials

1.	ClinicalTrials.gov: Heart Transplantation National Institutes of Health http://clinicaltrials.gov/search/intervention=%22heart+transplantation%22&r...

Dictionaries/Glossaries

1.	Transplant Glossary United Network for Organ Sharing http://www.transplantliving.org/Community/glossary.aspx




2.	Transplantation Glossary National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases http://www.niaid.nih.gov/publications/transplant/glossary.htm

Directories

1.	List of Medicare Approved Lung and Heart-Lung Tran Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services http://www.cms.hhs.gov/providers/transplant/lunglist.asp




2.	Medicare Approved Left Ventricular Assist Device ( Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services http://www.cms.hhs.gov/coverage/lvadfacility.asp




3.	Member Directory United Network for Organ Sharing http://www.unos.org/members/search.asp




4.	List of Medicare Approved Heart Transplant Centers Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services http://www.cms.hhs.gov/providers/transplant/hartlist.asp




5.	Find a Member of the Society of Thoracic Surgeons Society of Thoracic Surgeons http://www.sts.org/sections/membership/findamember/

Organizations

1.	American Heart Association http://www.americanheart.org/presenter.jhtml?identifier=1200000




2.	Division of Transplantation Health Resources and Services Administration http://www.hrsa.gov/osp/dot/dotmain.htm




3.	National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/

Overviews

1.	Heart Transplant: What to Expect American Heart Association http://circ.ahajournals.org/cgi/reprint/106/14/1750.pdf

Related Issues

1.	Listen to the Sound of Your Heart (Pump) Cleveland Clinic Foundation http://www.clevelandclinic.org/health/health-info/docs/3500/3533.asp?index=...




2.	Artificial Heart Helps People Awaiting Transplants Food and Drug Administration http://www.fda.gov/fdac/features/2005/105_heart.html

Research

1.	FDA Approves Heart Assist Device for Children Food and Drug Administration http://www.fda.gov/bbs/topics/ANSWERS/2004/ANS01280.html

Specific Conditions

1.	Organ Donation American Heart Association http://www.americanheart.org/presenter.jhtml?identifier=4697

Statistics

1.	Heart Center Data Profile Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network http://www.optn.org/organDatasource/stateData.asp?type=state&mqsd=1&display...




2.	Heart/Lung Data Center Profile Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network http://www.optn.org/organDatasource/stateData.asp?type=state&mqsd=1&display...




3.	Open-Heart Surgery Statistics American Heart Association http://www.americanheart.org/presenter.jhtml?identifier=4674




4.	Organ Facts: Heart United Network for Organ Sharing http://www.transplantliving.org/OrganFacts/heart.aspx




5.	Organ Facts: Heart / Lung United Network for Organ Sharing http://www.transplantliving.org/OrganFacts/heartlung.aspx




6.	Fast Facts about Transplants Scientific Registry of Transplant Recipients http://www.ustransplant.org/csr_0105/facts.php