Heart transplantation
The process of heart transplantation is that it is to provide the patient with a functioning heart, because of the inability of the heart to perform its functions in a normal and proper manner, for reasons and factors leading to the final heart failure, acute heart failure comes after a heart attack and the closure of the damage Heart failure, heart failure, chronic pulmonary disease, congenital heart defects, etc. Since final heart failure is a procedure for heart transplantation, and since it is not expected in this case To improve the patient with medication or surgery, which requires action During the heart transplant process, the patient’s body is connected to a heart machine and acts as a pump from the outside to pump blood to the patient to oxidize the blood and rid the patient of toxins during the transplant of the new heart.
Preparation of heart transplantation
It is possible to donate a healthy heart through a newly deceased person so that the heart to be implanted is healthy. In preparation for the procedure, there is no need to perform a tissue matching test, as there are treatments given to the patient after the operation, which leads to acceptance of the new heart by a high success rate. A donor is found to be tissue identical to a certain grade (HLA) and appropriate to the blood type (ABO).
The tests that the infected person receives are blood tests such as :
- Total Blood Count (CBC)
- Examination of blood chemistry.
- Examination of blood clotting functions.
- Check kidney and liver functions
- Urine examination.
- Chest x-ray imaging
- Bal Y addition to the comprehensive examination of teeth.
Heart transplantation
- First stage: The operation is performed under the general anesthesia of the patient and the patient must fast before the operation for approximately eight hours, where the sterilization of the chest and then make a long section along the length of bone cut in the chest, and then separated this bone to reach the members of the chest.
- Stage 2: At this stage, the work of the heart and lungs is replaced by an artificial device to preserve the blood circulation during the operation, then the cardio pulmonary cardiomyopathy is done by preventing the flow of blood in the main vessels and converting it into the machine to supply oxygen and the process of purification of blood from toxins, And then the heart is extracted except for one of the ears of the heart to be delivered to the new heart, and then the large vessels are sewn with the new heart and then the blood is directed from the machine to the body and then close the membrane of the heart and then tailor the chest and insert the incision.