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Heart-and-lung transplant


InjuryDiseasesNutritionPoison
SymptomsSurgeryTestSpecial Topic
Heart, front view
Heart, front view
Heart, section through the middle
Heart, section through the middle
Lungs
Lungs
Thoracic organs
Thoracic organs
Overview Risks Recovery Prevention
Alternative Names

Transplant - heart and lungs


Risks

Risks for any anesthesia are:

  • Reactions to medications
  • Problems breathing
  • Bleeding
  • Infection
  • Failure of the transplanted organs
  • Rejection of the transplanted organs
  • Infection due to anti-rejection (immunosuppression) medications
  • Blood clots
  • Stroke


Review Date: 08/11/2005
Reviewed By: Joseph P. Hart, M.D., Marco Polo Traveling Fellow c/o Department of Vascular Surgery, A. Z. St. Blasius Hospital (Belgium). Review provided by VeriMed Healthcare Network.

A.D.A.M., Inc. is accredited by URAC, also known as the American Accreditation HealthCare Commission (www.urac.org).




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