A heart transplant is surgery to remove the diseased heart from a person and replace it with a healthy one from an organ donor.
To remove the heart from the donor, two or more healthcare providers must declare the donor brain-dead.
Before you can be put on a waiting list for a heart transplant, a healthcare provider makes the decision that this is the best treatment choice for your heart failure
A healthcare team also makes sure you are otherwise healthy enough to go through the transplant process.
You may need a heart transplant if your heart is failing and other treatments are not effective.
End-stage heart failure is a disease in which the heart muscle is failing severely in its attempt to pump blood through the body.
It means other treatments are no longer working. End-stage heart failure is the final stage of heart failure
Despite its name, a diagnosis of heart failure does not mean the heart is about to stop beating