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Heart Transplant Surgery: Preparation and Procedure

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A heart transplant is a surgical procedure in which a diseased, failing heart is replaced with a healthier donor heart. The process is seen as a last option for treating heart conditions and is mainly recommended by doctors when other treatments such as medications or other surgeries haven’t been fruitful. To remove the heart from the donor, at least two or more medicinal services suppliers must declare the donor brain-dead. Heart failure is a condition where the heart is not working as efficiently as it usually should. Living body needs blood to perform all the necessary functions. When the blood flow becomes insufficient, due to the heart being unable to pump blood sufficiently, then disruption occurs; this makes heart weak.        The human heart has four valves, two on the right and two on the left. The aortic valve-the principle surge valve for the left heart-is the valve between the heart and the body. Heart failure can affect any side of heart, or it can affect both sides of