heart-lung transplant
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major reference
- In transplant: The heart and lungs
The technique of transplanting the heart and both lungs as a functioning unit was developed in animal experiments at Stanford Medical Center in California. Despite the technical feasibility of the operation, rejection could not be controlled by conventional immunosuppression. With the availability…
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transplantation surgery
- In therapeutics: Transplantation surgery
Heart and heart-lung organs can be preserved for four to six hours, and the success rate with this procedure continues to improve. Extensive matching of blood groups and tissue types is performed to minimize the risk of rejection. The size of the donor and donated organ should…
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University of Mississippi Medical Center
- In Mississippi: Education
The world’s first human heart and lung transplants were performed at the University of Mississippi Medical Center in Jackson, a facility that is renowned for its innovative work in organ transplantation and hypertension research. In addition to major universities and research centres, Mississippi has dozens of community colleges, colleges…
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