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Heart Transplantation
Baylor Scott & White Heart and Vascular Hospital - Dallas | HEART TRANSPLANTATION
YEAR IN REVIEW ( FY2023 )
Heart transplants since program ’ s inception in 1986
> 1,150
Heart transplants 61
Multi-organ transplants 7
One of the country ’ s largest multi-specialty transplant centers
Baylor University Medical Center ’ s Transplant Program is part of Baylor Scott & White Annette C . and Harold C . Simmons Transplant Institute , one of the largest multi-specialty transplant centers in the country . Within the program are a team of professionals dedicated to the treatment of advanced heart failure , including transplant cardiologists and transplant surgeons on the medical staff , certified heart failure nurses , transplant coordinators , transplant pharmacists , dietitians , social workers and more . The program is consistently recognized in Texas and nationally for its volume and quality , making it a destination facility for patients in need of a heart transplant .
Members of the hospital transplantation team evaluate patients by traveling to outreach clinics in Abilene , Amarillo , Longview , Lubbock , Midland-Odessa , and Shreveport , LA .
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6
Expanding the donor pool
Heart transplant program in the nation by volume ( FY23 )
Time to transplant for waiting list candidates * 30 days
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Baylor University Medical Center ’ s Transplant Program takes an aggressive approach to recipient and donor selection and continues to explore new avenues for viable donors . In fiscal year
2023 , both cardiothoracic
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Nationally
BUMC
1 year
Nationally
BUMC
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23.4 %
40.95 %
59.53 %
77.14 %
Better than National
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and thoracic surgeons |
* SRTR . org Jan . 1 , 2017 through Dec . 31 , 2019 . |
continued to monitor |
the results related to transplanting hearts from donors with hepatitis C viremia . |
Several transplantations occurred on the Dallas campus , which is one of the first |
sites in the United States accepting Hepatitis C donor heart tissue . |
The transplantation team is also trained to navigate the complex process of organ harvesting and administering normothermic regional perfusion to reduce the effects of cardiac arrest on the donor organs . The team was an early adopter of the TransMedics Organ Care System ( OCS™ ), the only FDA approved technology of its kind that allows preservation of the donor heart with extracorporeal perfusion . By mimicking the human environment , physicians can assess the hearts ’ function for any signs of damage . This advanced technology allows the hospital to expand the organ harvesting territory .
The dedication of the Baylor Dallas transplant team resulted in offering the shortest wait time from time of listing to transplant in Texas , with more than 40 % of patients receiving a transplant within 30 days and more than 77 % of patients receiving a transplant within one year .