HowStuffWorks: How Artificial Hearts Work - http://www.howstuffworks.com/artificial-heart.htm Graphic narrative shows the self-contained AbioCor Implantable Replacement Heart, how it's implanted, and how it compares to the failed artificial hearts in the past.
MGH Cardiac Transplant Program - http://www.massgeneral.org/heartcenter/index.aspx?page=programs_services&subpage=program_heart_failure Massachusetts General Hospital Heart Center offers information about their heart failure and cardiac transplant program. Also describes CHF and cardiomyopathy.
Newsmaker Interview- Artificial Heart - http://www.accessexcellence.org/WN/NM/ozpage1.html An interview by Sean Henahan with heart transplant authority Dr. Mehmet Oz on the state of the art of the artificial heart, including LVADs and the new Abiocor implant.
University of Michigan Health System - http://www.med.umich.edu/1libr/heart/surg02.htm Topics covered are who is a candidate for transplant, how it is done, complications, the survival rate for heart transplants and a number to help find a doctor.
Heart Transplant: A Patient's Perspective - http://www.geocities.com/ehtlibahunt/transplant.html Personal account of a heart transplant in 1997, before, during and after the procedure.
The Straight Story - http://www.chfpatients.com/tx/transplant.htm In depth look at heart transplants, from qualifying till after the surgery and going home and life after. Real-life stories and links.
National Heart Center of Singapore - http://www.nhc.com.sg/ A discussion about how a transplant is done, who might get one, how donors are found and life after a transplant.
MUSC Medical Center Heart Transplant Program - http://www.musc.edu/hearttransplant/ About the program as well as patient education, heart failure management and a support group.
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