Know More about Organ Donation - Heart Transplant

What is heart transplant?

• The recipients are of end-stage heart diseases who no longer respond to medical treatment or are not suitable for conventional surgery.
• ABO blood group & body size compatibility of the donor and recipient are required.
• The first successful heart transplant in Hong Kong was performed at the Grantham Hospital in 1992

Common conditions requiring heart transplant

• Primary dilated cardiomyopathy
• Ischaemic heart disease
• Heart diseases due to heart valve disorders
• Congenital malformation of heart

Criteria for deceased heart donor

• Brain death donor aged below 70
• Meet the general criteria for organ donation
• No history of heart disease
• Normal heart function
• Heart donor of hepatitis carrier will be considered if there is a desperately heart transplant waiting patient