Know More about Organ Donation - Heart Transplant

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