Heart Transplants
Carly Mantia
- Steve Jobs- Liver Transplant
- George Lopez- Kidney Transplant
- Natile Cole- Kidney Transplant
- Tracy Morgan- Kidney Transplant
- Sarah Hyland- Kidney Transplant
- Sean Elliot- Kidney Transplant
- Dick Chaney (VP 2011)- Heart Transplant
Pictures
Diseases That Lead to Heart Transplants
Trevor's Story
Statistics
- 800,000 people on the transplant list
- 5,000 heart transplants performed annually
- Hearts typically last 15 to 20 years
- 90% survival rate
- 220,500 people saved by heart transplants
- 1,234,800 people saved by organ transplants, made possible by heart transplants
Reasons Why Heart Transplants Should Make the Wall
- It has saved 1,234,800 people
- It led to other forms of organ transplant
- Kids like Trevor would continue to die