Is heart transplant effective? do most people that undergo a heart transplant survive? how long?

Question

Is heart transplant effective? do most people that undergo a heart transplant survive? how long?

Answer 1

    * There were 2,192 heart transplants performed in the United States in 2006 and 2,125 in 2005.

    * Each year thousands more adults would benefit from a heart transplant if more donated hearts were available.

    * In the United States, 74.2 percent of heart transplant patients are male; 68.4 percent are white; 20.0 percent are ages 35–49 and 55.3 percent are ages 50–64.

    * As of June 15, 2007, the one-year survival rate was 87.4 percent for males and 85.5 percent for females; the three-year survival rate was about 78.7 percent for males and 75.9 percent for females. The five-year survival rate was 72.3 percent for males and 67.6 percent for females.

Answer 2

I think a heart surgery takes 4 years off your life and a transplant takes 11. Even after a successful transplant, its not guaranteed that the heart will be in good condition. Some organs are rejected by the body and the organ dies and ,unfortunately, so does the person.

Answer 3

heart transplant is a complicated procedure and is done only in the case of no other choice.  

Answer 4

It's more effective than the alternative ;)  I would think that for anyone to be considered for a heart transplant it would really be their only hope of surviving.  I have a friend who underwent this operation and he has been doing very well since having his operation ( 5 years ago)

Answer 5

Mario Deng and his colleagues followed all the patients listed for a heart transplant in Germany in the year 1997. There was NO DIFFERENCE IN SURVIVAL RATES between those who actually received a heart transplant and those who did not.

Answer 6

The prognosis for heart transplant patients following the orthotopic procedure has greatly increased over the past 20 years, and as of Aug. 11, 2006, the survival rates were as follows.

    * 1 year: 86.1% (males), 83.9% (females)

    * 3 years: 78.3% (males), 74.9% (females)

    * 5 years: 71.2% (males), 66.9% (females)

As of the end of 2007, Tony Huesman is the world's longest living heart transplant patient, having survived for 29 years with a transplanted heart. Huesman received a heart in 1978 at the age of 20 after viral pneumonia severely weakened his heart. The operation was performed at Stanford University under American heart transplant pioneer Dr. Norman Shumway, who continued to perform the operation in the U.S. after others abandoned it due to poor results.. Another noted heart transplant recipient, Kelly Perkins, climbs mountains around the world to promote positive awareness of organ donation. Perkins is the very first heart transplant recipient to climb to the peaks of Mt. Fuji, Mt. Kilimanjaro, the Matterhorn, Mt. Whitney, and Cajon de Arenales in Argentina in 2007, 12 years after her transplant surgery.