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A partial heart transplant (or human heart valve transplant) replaces a diseased heart valve with a healthy valve from a donor. Boston Children’s Heart specialists believe it is more sustainable than a bioprosthetic transplant or mechanical implant. The valve has the potential to grow along with a patient, and recovery could require a lesser amount of immunosuppressives.

In this webinar, we discuss:
• Why was the partial heart transplant procedure developed and what does it aim to achieve? 
• How does Boston Children’s perform a partial heart transplant and what would recovery be like for children? 
• How does a patient qualify for the procedure? What would the evaluation, surgical, and recovery processes entail?

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Sitaram Emani, MD

Sitaram Emani, MD

Cardiac Surgeon; Surgical Director, Adult Congenital Heart Program; Director, Complex Biventricular Repair Program; Surgical Director, Division of Cardiovascular Critical Care
Associate Professor of Surgery, Harvard Medical School
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