See also:

• Health: Medicine: Surgery: Transplant  (36)
• Health: Support Groups: Surgery: Transplantation  (8)

Heart Failure & Transplant at California Pacific Medical Center - - Programs for end-stage cardiac disease, artificial hearts and heart transplant.

Heart Transplant: A Patient's Perspective - - Personal account of a heart transplant in 1997, before, during and after the procedure.

Heart Transplantation at Columbia University Department of Surgery - - Information on heart disease and heart transplantation, immunology and how to be a proactive participant in one's health care.

HowStuffWorks: How Artificial Hearts Work - - 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 - - Massachusetts General Hospital Heart Center offers information about their heart failure and cardiac transplant program. Also describes CHF and cardiomyopathy.

MUSC Medical Center Heart Transplant Program - - About the program as well as patient education, heart failure management and a support group.

National Heart Center of Singapore - - A discussion about how a transplant is done, who might get one, how donors are found and life after a transplant.

Newsmaker Interview- Artificial Heart - - 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.

The Straight Story - - In depth look at heart transplants, from qualifying till after the surgery and going home and life after. Real-life stories and links.