How long can a heart transplant patient live for on average?
Posted by NoChubbyHubby on February 9, 2010
I remember reading something about “over a year” when I thought people who got heart transplants could live for as long as normally healthy people. What happens after a while? Does the body start rejecting the new heart? Does it not last as long? Why do people with a new heart still die early?
ABC said,
If you can afford to keep getting new transplants then normal amt of years.
Brandon F said,
The longest survival after heart transplantation is 24 years. The survival rate has improved dramatically during the last 10 years. If that didn’t help:The lifespan of heart transplant recipients vary widely, depending largely on how sick the patient was before the transplant. Naturally, younger, healthier patients can expect to live longer than patients who are over 65, or who have other problems such as high pressure in the blood vessels of their lungs do.
Heart transplant survival rates at Henry Ford Health System are significantly higher than national norms. About 90 percent of our transplant recipients live for at least one year after transplant. About 75 percent live for at least five years. And about 60 percent live for ten years or longer
rnmomof4 said,
Patients who recieve transplants have to take anti-rejection medication for the rest of their lives. These meds don’t work forever in all patients, and then the body may attack the transplanted organ. People with new hearts have to care for their bodies very well and follow up closely with the doctors. They can live up to normal life expectancy and are able to do almost anything, but usually if they needed a heart transplant, that’s not the only issue with their health.
What you might have seen with the “one year” issue is that the transplant is considered “successful” if the patient lives a full year after the transplant… in other words, having the transplant did not kill them, their body has ‘accepted” the new organ and it is working well.
drhady said,
i think 25 years
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