2.  Kidney  Pancreas  Liver  Heart 1954 by Murray/Harrison 1966 by Lillehei 1967 by Starzl 1968 by Barnard

3. Patients Waiting for Heart ( as of Jan 21 st ) USA 3,181 Utah 272 (we are in region 5 of 11 in the USA to receive a heart)

4.  Dilated Cardiomyopathy  Severe coronary artery disease  Birth defects of the heat

5. There are 3 Procedures done to complete a heat transplant

9. Study’s done in 2006-2007 show the following survival rates 3 months 93% 1 year 88.2% 5 year 74% 10 year 54.1% Type A blood has a higher survival rate Males have a higher survival rate then females

10. http://www.cts.usc.edu/ht-pg- hearttransplantprocedure.html http://www.unos.org/donation/index.php