Heart Transplantation
Heart transplantation is a procedure used to treat cardiomyopathy (disease of the heart muscle) due to various causes e.g: Coronary artery disease. When the control of the symtems and general condition of the patient deterioriates due to end stage heart failure despite optimal medical treatment, heart transplantation is given as a option to eligible patients. During heart transplantation, the diseased heart is replaced with a matched donor (brain dead patient).