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Assorted References

major reference
- In transplant: The heart
development by Barnard
- In Christiaan Barnard
types of transplantation surgery
- In therapeutics: Transplantation surgery

treatment of

cardiomyopathy
- In cardiomyopathy
cardiovascular disease
- In cardiovascular disease: Heart transplantation
congenital heart defects
- In congenital heart disease
heart failure
- In cardiovascular disease: Therapy

work of

Chang
- In Victor Chang
Cooley
- In Denton Cooley
Shumway
- In Norman E. Shumway

Article Contributors

Primary Contributors

Guillermo Torre-Amione
Medical Director, Heart Transplant Program, Baylor College of Medicine and The Methodist Hospital, Houston, Texas.

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Article History

Type	Description	Contributor	Date
	Media added.	The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica	May 02, 2019
	Added information on the increased risk of heart transplant rejection in associated with a history of smoking in either the donor or recipient.	Kara Rogers	Nov 25, 2009
	Added new Web site: WebMD - Heart transplant.	Veenu Setia	Apr 07, 2009
	Added new Web site: MayoClinic.com - Heart Transplant.	Veenu Setia	Apr 07, 2009
	Added new Web site: Emedicine - Heart Transplantation.	Veenu Setia	Apr 07, 2009
	Added new Web site: MedicineNet - Heart Transplant.	Veenu Setia	Apr 07, 2009
	Added new Web site: How Stuff Works - Healthguide - Heart Transplant.	Shiveta Singh	Oct 14, 2008
	Added new Web site: How Stuff Works - Healthguide - Heart And Lung Transplant.	Shiveta Singh	Oct 14, 2008
	Article thoroughly revised.	Robert Curley	Mar 29, 2007
	Article added to new online database.	The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica	Jul 20, 1998