{"id":13377,"date":"2016-12-05T15:14:03","date_gmt":"2016-12-05T20:14:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/52.229.122.34\/en\/?page_id=13377"},"modified":"2016-12-30T09:00:49","modified_gmt":"2016-12-30T14:00:49","slug":"heart-transplant-program","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.ottawahospital.on.ca\/en\/clinical-services\/deptpgrmcs\/programs\/organ-and-tissue-donation-program\/programs\/heart-transplant-program\/","title":{"rendered":"Heart Transplant Program"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13378 alignright img-responsive\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/heartblue.jpg\" alt=\"heartblue\" width=\"200\" height=\"251\" \/>The University of Ottawa Heart Institute Transplant Program was established in 1984. Averaging 25 heart transplants a year, approximately 350 patients have received transplants to date.<\/p>\n<p>Referrals are received from all over the country for patients requiring artificial devices. Three types of devices are used: the Jarvik (artificial heart), the Novocor and Thoratec (Ventricular Assist Devices).<\/p>\n<p>Patients are transplanted for end-stage heart failure due to ischemic heart disease or cardiomyopathy (heart muscle dysfunction) related to viral infection arising from other causes that could affect persons of all ages.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>Highlights:<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>First program in Canada to use the artificial heart (Jarvik) as a bridge to transplant in 1986<\/li>\n<li>Youngest pediatric heart transplant (11 days old) in 1989<\/li>\n<li>Permanent artificial heart called the heart saver being developed along with the World Heart Organization<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Heart recipients have formed the Heart Transplant Association. This association is very active in public awareness and fund raising. Recipients &amp; spouses can be involved in a &#8220;peer mentorship program&#8221;, in which they meet and support patients awaiting heart transplantation.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Surgical Director<\/strong>: Dr. Thierry Mesana<br \/>\n<strong>Medical Director<\/strong>: Dr. Haissam Haddad<br \/>\n<strong>Transplant Coordinator<\/strong>: Carolyn Pugliese, RN MScN<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>Programs<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"\/en\/clinical-services\/deptpgrmcs\/programs\/organ-and-tissue-donation-program\/programs\/bone-bank\/\">Bone Bank<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"\/en\/clinical-services\/deptpgrmcs\/programs\/organ-and-tissue-donation-program\/programs\/corneal-transplant\/\">Corneal Transplant Program<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Heart Transplant Program<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"\/en\/clinical-services\/deptpgrmcs\/programs\/organ-and-tissue-donation-program\/programs\/homograft-valve-replacement-program\/\">Homograft Valve Replacement Program<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The University of Ottawa Heart Institute Transplant Program was established in 1984. Averaging 25 heart transplants a year, approximately 350 patients have received transplants to date. Referrals are received from all over the country for patients requiring artificial devices. Three types of devices are used: the Jarvik (artificial heart), the Novocor and Thoratec (Ventricular Assist [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":25,"featured_media":0,"parent":13361,"menu_order":3,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_mc_calendar":[],"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-13377","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"wps_subtitle":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ottawahospital.on.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/13377","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ottawahospital.on.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ottawahospital.on.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ottawahospital.on.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/25"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ottawahospital.on.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13377"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.ottawahospital.on.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/13377\/revisions"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ottawahospital.on.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/13361"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ottawahospital.on.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13377"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}