PRACTICED & PROPOSED METHODS OF EXTENDING THE TRANSPLANT DONOR POOL & OTHER NEW DEVELOPMENTS For a conventional heart transplant, there has to be a donor with a functionally acceptable heart. The team leader has to decide whether to proceed with the transplant. The ejection fraction, a measure of the heart's contractile force; the myocardial and wall thicknesses; the cavity dimensions; and the absence of regional wall motion abnormalities are all critically evaluated, espe

The year 1994 is important for transplant surgeons in India as the first human heart transplant was done in Delhi, and India claimed a spot in the world transplant map. As such we were late, and the venture of cardiac transplantation in a government setup is daunting. The first step consists of the preparation of papers with interaction with officials to make them understand and impress upon them the need for such a massive venture: a venture that is life-saving for moribund

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