Home > Medical > Heart Health > Heart transplants Heart transplants All sections in Heart » About Heart » Children & Heart Disease » Congenital Heart Disease » Emergency Treatment » FAQs » Diet and your Heart » Health Tips » Heart and Exercise » Heart Attack » Heart Transplants » After a Heart Attack » Multimedia » Heart News » Obesity » Smoking & your Heart » Stress & your Heart » Tests & Procedures » The Heart in Space » Treatment » Women & Heart Disease A history of transplants From ancient myths to a world-first in Cape Town, Cybershrink gives his take on the story of heart transplants. Transplant immunology Allogeneic organ transplantation is the removal of a whole or partial organ from one person (the donor) to another (the recipient) in order to fix or replace a damaged or failing organ such as a liver, heart, lung, or pancreas. When are you dead? A beating heart and breathing are synonymous with life. In the case of a brain injury, death may in fact occur hours before the heart stops beating. Ask Cardiologist » Quiz Is your diet heart-healthy? » Quiz Could I have high cholesterol? » Subscribe Newsletters » Top 10 heart-smart foods Think red for heart health A doctor remembers It's 42 years since the first heart transplant. An exclusive interview with the team's neurosurgeon who declared the donor brain-dead. FAQ about organ donation in SA How you can make sure that someday you become a lifesaver, an organ donor, leaving the wonderful legacy of life for others? Heart transplant: what to expect Patients who are eligible for a heart transplant are placed on a waiting list for a donor heart. Wait times vary from days to several months. Heart transplants – an overview Heart transplants are done as a life-saving measure when medical treatment and less drastic surgery have failed. Most transplants are done on patients with end-stage heart failure. Organ transplant statistics The latest figures from the Organ Donor Foundation show that there are currently over 3 500 South Africans waiting for organ and tissue transplants. Get CyberShrink's take The Beautiful Heart is a South African documentary series that focuses on heart-transplant operations performed by Dr Susan Vosloo at the Chris Barnard Memorial Hospital. Chris Barnard: profile of a pioneer Chris Barnard amazed the world when he did the first human heart transplant, and then continued to overwhelm with his smile and charm. Health24's Mari Hudson reflects on his life. load more articles advertisement From our sponsors Keep your family healthy this winter Don’t be taken by surprise this winter. Keep your defences up with Vital Hop, skip and jump through winter with Hill’s Pet Nutrition Age-related bone loss is higher in women
A history of transplants From ancient myths to a world-first in Cape Town, Cybershrink gives his take on the story of heart transplants.
Transplant immunology Allogeneic organ transplantation is the removal of a whole or partial organ from one person (the donor) to another (the recipient) in order to fix or replace a damaged or failing organ such as a liver, heart, lung, or pancreas.
When are you dead? A beating heart and breathing are synonymous with life. In the case of a brain injury, death may in fact occur hours before the heart stops beating.
A doctor remembers It's 42 years since the first heart transplant. An exclusive interview with the team's neurosurgeon who declared the donor brain-dead.
FAQ about organ donation in SA How you can make sure that someday you become a lifesaver, an organ donor, leaving the wonderful legacy of life for others?
Heart transplant: what to expect Patients who are eligible for a heart transplant are placed on a waiting list for a donor heart. Wait times vary from days to several months.
Heart transplants – an overview Heart transplants are done as a life-saving measure when medical treatment and less drastic surgery have failed. Most transplants are done on patients with end-stage heart failure.
Organ transplant statistics The latest figures from the Organ Donor Foundation show that there are currently over 3 500 South Africans waiting for organ and tissue transplants.
Get CyberShrink's take The Beautiful Heart is a South African documentary series that focuses on heart-transplant operations performed by Dr Susan Vosloo at the Chris Barnard Memorial Hospital.
Chris Barnard: profile of a pioneer Chris Barnard amazed the world when he did the first human heart transplant, and then continued to overwhelm with his smile and charm. Health24's Mari Hudson reflects on his life.