Heart transplant
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What is heart transplant?
A surgical procedure in which a damaged heart is removed and replaced by another heart from a suitable donor. It is performed in patients with end-stage heart failure or severe coronary artery disease.
Common symptoms reported by people with heart transplant
Treatments taken by people for heart transplant

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Compare treatments taken by people with heart transplant

Let’s build this page together! When you share what it’s like to have heart transplant through your profile, those stories and data appear here too.
Got a question about living with heart transplant? Members in the forum might have the answers.
Who has heart transplant on PatientsLikeMe?
- 0 new patients joined this month
- 497 say heart transplant is their primary condition
| Age | Proportion | # of patients |
|---|---|---|
| <20 | 0 | |
| 20s | 17 | |
| 30s | 45 | |
| 40s | 40 | |
| 50s | 50 | |
| 60s | 37 | |
| 70+ | 90 |
Distribution of sex
| Sex | Proportion | # of patients |
|---|---|---|
| Male | 272 | |
| Female | 237 |