How does heart transplant surgery work? | Roni Shanoada
TED Health
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Nearly 3,500 heart transplants are performed each year in a complex and intricate procedure with no room for error. The process begins by testing potential recipients to ensure they're healthy enough for this demanding operation. Doctors need to match recipients with donors that share their blood type and have similar antigens. It can take years for the new organ to fully innervate the recipient's nervous system.
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