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Houston’s VA hospital performs simultaneous heart and kidney transplant
Posted on · We discuss that and other developments at the Michael E. DeBakey Veterans Affairs Medical Center with its chief of staff.
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Documentary Examines the World of Organ Transplants and Houston’s Role In It
Posted on · Houston Matters talks with the director of "Transplanting Hope" and learns about Houston's role in pioneering organ transplants.
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Full Show: Heart Transplant Program Losing Federal Funds, And Lessons From Hurricane Rita (Aug. 17, 2018)
Posted on · On Friday's Houston Matters: We learn how the loss of federal funding for the heart transplant program at Baylor St. Luke's will affect patients. We examine the lessons learned from Hurricane Rita. Our non-experts discuss The Good, Bad, and Ugly of the week’s news. And we learn how a melting glacier in Iceland could affect Houston.
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Baylor St. Luke’s Gearing Up To Restart Its Heart Transplant Program
Posted on · A report last month revealed the world-renowned heart transplant program had a high number of patient complications in recent years.
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St. Luke’s Heart Transplant Program Resumed After Suspension
Posted on · The hospital says it is notifying the more than 60 patients who are on a donor waiting list that the heart transplant program has resumed
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Full Show: Heart Transplants, And Changing The Narrative About Gun Owners (June 15, 2018)
Posted on · On Friday's Houston Matters: Baylor St. Luke’s restarts its heart transplant program. A researcher wants to change the narrative about guns and gun owners. Plus, our panel of non-experts discusses the The Good, The Bad, And The Ugly of the week’s news. And we learn about outsider art in Texas.
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Renowned Houston Heart Transplant Program Suspends Operations
Posted on · The program's inactive status means it will turn away all donor hearts during the suspension
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Well-Known Heart Transplant Program Has Survival Rate Ranking Near The Bottom Nationally
Posted on · A new report examines the heart transplant program at Baylor St. Luke’s Medical Center.
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Full Show: Heart Transplant Complications, Political Roundup, And A Mariachi Opera (May 16, 2018)
Posted on · On Wednesday's Houston Matters: We examine why heart transplant patients at one Houston hospital have had more complications than others. We get an update on the state of the energy industry and on environmental issues facing the region. Our experts break down the latest national, state, and local political stories. And we learn about an opera featuring mariachi music.
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Meeting Your Organ Donor’s Parents
Posted on · A man who received a heart transplant talks about meeting the parents of the young man whose heart he now carries.
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Texas Hospital Lets Transplant Patients Hold Own Hearts
Posted on · Over 6 million people a year suffer from heart failure and about 2,200 receive a new heart
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Over 1,000 Heart Transplants Performed At Houston Methodist
Posted on · The 1,000th heart transplant milestone was also in the 50th of the year of the hospital performing the surgery, Houston Methodist officials said.
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World Famous Houston Heart Surgeon Denton Cooley Has Died
Posted on · Dr. Cooley performed some of the earliest heart transplants and implanted the world's first artificial heart.
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Meeting Your Organ Donor’s Parents
Posted on · We meet Randy Creech, a Houston man who received a heart transplant 25 years ago. He tells the story of meeting the parents of the young man who gave him his heart.
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Meeting Your Organ Donor’s Parents
Posted on · We meet Randy Creech, a Houston man who received a heart transplant 25 years ago. He tells the story of meeting the parents of the young man who gave him his heart.