成人心脏移植

UCLA's 心脏移植手术 Program is one of the world's busiest for adult patients, 2个以上,000 transplants performed since we began in 1984. We have built an international reputation for outstanding success in adult heart transplant.

为什么选择UCLA进行成人心脏移植?

皇冠hga025大学洛杉矶分校健康 consistently ranks among the top five hospitals in the nation, 也是西方最好的, 根据….S. 皇冠hga025 & 《皇冠hga020电脑版》年度最佳医院调查.

This reputation is based in large part on our patient outcomes for heart transplant:

• Our patients' graft survival rates and patient survival rates regularly rank higher than expected, according to the Scientific Registry of Transplant Recipients (SRTR).
• Our donor-heart rejection rate is the lowest in the country (just 5 percent of patients, compared to the national average of 25 percent). We have achieved that with pioneering work using newer anti-rejection medications and strategic use of statins.
• We don't require biopsy to check for rejection at the one-year mark after transplant. Instead, we use a blood test developed by a UCLA heart transplant physician.
• We were the first program to develop an alternate waiting list pairing older patients with older donors, allowing them to undergo transplantation and achieve the same top outcomes.

全方位心血管护理

 While some programs only specialize in one type of care, our team excels in numerous areas of heart transplantation and related medicine:

• Care for all phases of cardiovascular dysfunction: Our physicians have expertise in cardiomyopathy, congestive heart failure and congenital heart disease.

• Specialization in adult congenital heart disease: The Ahmanson/UCLA Adult Congenital Heart Disease Center offers unique strengths in caring for adult patients with congenital heart disease (CHD). Our heart transplant program works closely with the center, 在过去的十年里, we've demonstrated that even the highest-risk CHD patients can have excellent transplantation outcomes.

• Pediatric-to-adult transition: UCLA provides pediatric heart transplant and then follow-up care through adulthood, 在一个设施中, 有一个协同医疗团队. Our specially trained transition to adult care coordinators address each patient's individual needs.

心脏移植手术 for Patients with Cardiomyopathy

经常, patients with serious cardiomyopathy find themselves on the path to heart transplant, 可能挽救生命的解决方案.

At UCLA, we believe the best option is to keep your own heart as long as possible. 来支持这一目标, we do everything we can to help patients maintain their heart with reparative therapies before moving toward transplantation or mechanical support. These cardiac surgery therapies might include:

• 再同步
• 冠状动脉搭桥手术
• 阀维修
• 其他的治疗方法

一旦补救办法用尽, we'll present all other reasonable options for medical therapy and palliative care, 遵循我们的护理方法.

Patients with cardiomyopathy have access to a full range of treatments, including:

• 心脏移植手术
• Ventricular assist devices (VADs) as a bridge to transplant or as destination therapy
• Innovations such as the CardioMEMS HF System, the first implantable heart-failure monitoring device

多器官移植

Many patients who come to UCLA for heart transplants are particularly high-risk and may require additional organ transplants. UCLA is at the forefront of combined organ transplant and has successfully treated these complex patients:

• UCLA is the largest thoracic transplant program on the West Coast. Combined, our heart and lung transplant volumes are among the largest in the U.S.
• We are skilled in the transplantation of all solid organs:
  • 心脏移植手术
  • 肺移植
  • 肝脏移植手术
  • 肾移植
  • 胰腺移植
  • 小肠移植

临床创新、研究和试验

Our groundbreaking heart transplant program has developed and improved the approaches that now define heart transplantation care.

We're also making advances in operational techniques, 基础生物学, 免疫学, genome-based therapy and pharmacological therapy for end-stage heart disease. 了解更多关于我们的研究和试验.

移植前、移植中、移植后的支持

We offer ongoing support for all heart transplant patients:

• Personalized care: From the moment patients walk through the door, 通过这个过程，在未来的岁月里, we take pride in leading the practice of relational medicine. With our approach to care, patients take part in decision-making. Our patient peer network offers additional support as you go through the transplant process.
• Centralized evaluation: Cardiology care and evaluations take place in one centralized area, and we schedule appointments to minimize multiple visits whenever possible.
• Rehabilitation and follow-up: Our rehabilitation and follow-up protocols help you return home as soon as possible.

Learn more about the patient experience on our 患者教育 页面.