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Transplant news, links, and other general medical news -- updated regularly.

Saturday, April 5, 2008

Lech Walesa may get heart transplant in Houston

Former Polish president Lech Walesa, who received a Nobel Peace Prize after leading a movement that ultimately brought down the nation's communist regime, is in Houston being [more]

posted by Transplant News # 8:15 PM

Adult Kidney Transplant Program at Sentara Norfolk General Hospital Joins CIGNA LIFESOURCE Transplant Network(R) (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance)

Adult Kidney Transplant Program at Sentara Norfolk General Hospital Joins CIGNA LIFESOURCE Transplant Network(R) (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance)
BLOOMFIELD, Conn.----The CIGNA LIFESOURCE Transplant Network, consisting of more than 100 Centers of Excellence across the United States, has added the adult kidney transplant program at Sentara Norfolk General Hospital in Norfolk, Va. to its network.

posted by Transplant News # 4:15 PM

Thompson stresses need for organ donor awareness (La Crosse Tribune)

As Wisconsin governor, Tommy Thompson talked to a transplant surgeon who was saddened by the loss of a patient because no organ had been available in time. [read more]

posted by Transplant News # 12:15 PM

Kidney Transplant and Pancreastic Transplant

At the Renal and Pancreatic Transplant Program of NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Columbia University Medical Center, our mission is to move patients off the transplant list and back [read more]

posted by Transplant News # 8:15 AM

Heart Transplant - The Transplant Center at Fairview-University

The Transplant Center at the University of Minnesota specializes and adult and pediatric heart transplant, cardiovascular therapy and ventricular assist device (VAD/LVAD [more]

posted by Transplant News # 4:15 AM

Heart Failure/Heart Transplant Service

After suffering a massive heart attack, a life-saving defibrillator pacemaker (an ICD - Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillator) was implanted into Ron's chest. [continued]

posted by Transplant News # 12:15 AM