5th
Heart transplants
performed in FY17 60
Acceptance of high-
risk patients that have
been declined by other
transplant programs
Most heart transplants in
the state of Texas
8
days
!
90%
Shorter wait times on the
transplant list – currently
the median wait time is just
eight days* (For status 1A patients)
Survival rate at one year
Collaborative relationships with other transplant centers
and heart failure centers, which enable dual listing at two or
more centers, reducing wait time for transplant candidates
Fifth largest heart
program in the nation*
Source: Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network as of June 30, 2017
HEART-TO-HEART PROGRAM
Since 2014, the Heart-to-Heart program at Baylor
University Medical Center at Dallas has been
reminding patients of their great fortune by inviting
them back to see and hold their former heart, while
educating them on how to care for their new heart.
Hosted by William C. Roberts, MD, executive
director at Baylor Heart and Vascular Institute,
the program has reunited more than 87 transplant
patients with their former heart while serving as a
follow-up and educational platform on ways to care
for their new one.
“When I show patients their heart, I’m hopeful that
they will realize how fortunate they are to be able to
start again with a normal heart,” Dr. Roberts said.
“Many of these patients have been sick for 10 years,
with breathlessness and heart failure – so, they go
from this constant fear to all of a sudden, they’ve
got new life.” (For more about the program, see page 81.)
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