A heart transplant is surgery to take out a diseased heart and replace it with a donor heart. The doctor will make a cut in the skin over your breastbone (sternum). The cut is called an incision. Then ...

Surgeons at Tampa General Hospital successfully performed the world’s first known bloodless heart and liver transplant on May 31. Doctors said the nine-hour operation was possible through close ...

The heart wants what the heart wants … regardless of whose chest it beats within. Recent research has found further correlation between organ transplant surgery and personality changes. In a ...

Toddler Mark Clouse Jr. prepares to undergo a life-saving heart transplant. Patience Clouse via Storyful Thankfully, the procedure went off without a hitch and little Mark is slated to be released ...

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Lawrence Faucette, 58, was the second person in the world to undergo a pig heart transplant. He died Monday after his body showed signs of rejection, doctors said.

Heart transplant surgery is used to treat the most severe cases of heart disease. We’ll explain the procedure, recovery time, follow-up, and outlook.