Heart Transplant Procedure From Montefiore-Einstein, NYC

[hazeleyes0701]

this video brought me tears of sadness and happiness at the same time, im almost 3 yrs post transplant and very thankful to be still here but at the same time im scared of what can happen, i hope and wish i make it to many years of life

[LOSTCASEOFAHUMAN]

after watching this i am confident i can perform this surgery myself

[AngeIord]

Three Words "OMG!" I am traumatized lol.

[CatLover775]

0:00

[bobblehead101101]

"There is nothing like the organ that God gave us." : )

[thund3rd3v1l]

Did he say "sexy" at 0:33:12 ?!?!?!

[ujgilani]

these docs really have STEEL BALLS ..

God Bless DOCS.

[0katykate0]

My uncle is getting a heart transplant this morning... Thanks for posting!

[efedude77]

interesting but queasy

[jetblack297]

Can you stop for the tape for a second?

[imdakid97]

Its fun to count how many times that one guy says "uh"

[Cheese71]

@imdakid97 Yup. I took a public speaking course in college, and the professor told us to always pay attention to how many times people say "uh" while they speak. Its amazing how silly we sound sometimes, lol.

[jordanserg31]

Trauma Team Brought me here, i don't know why.

[baskethooper14]

people please don't comment on this saying rude gestures people been studying how to do this for about 60 years really hard they deserve respect for that.

[plasticbarf]

I'm so glad you posted this. I have to perform one of these tomorrow, and I have no idea what I am doing.

[Damaruth]

@plasticbarf lol, wouldn't wanna be the one you cutting :DD

[MsGodluver]

@plasticbarf o.O lol!

[coolblue51919]

these people talk tooo much...

[terminalify]

@coolblue51919 no, they just say um too much (which is worrying)

[thefirstmable]

Baboons are not the closests its pigs that are supposed to be used for heart transplants

[tilllf]

thats great...and i am going to do that....i love this.....

[ulkord]

@tilllf yes its really very tasty

[waverip3rs]

nice

[RossGella4Eva]

11:43 for the surgery....

[kraMacdx16]

@RossGella4Eva thanks

[chandank88]

Doctors r the second god...

[anii808]

I love watching these videos...just watching them save a life feels extraordinary. I can only imagine how the doctor himself feels every time he accomplishes a surgery as detailed and sensitive as these ones. Always wanted to be a CT surgeon but just the number of years made me choose to be an RN instead lol. So I give a lot of credit to people like these who contribute a great portion of their lives to make great differences like these. kudos!

[maxdeleon]

How does the new heart start to pump?

[shelteringshade]

@maxdeleon ummm, I guess they connect the blood vessels and artheries and turn off the bypass. Maybe they shock it too, idk, I'm no doctor, just guessing.

[KillerAJ]

My 13 year old cousin just had a heart transplant last night. Went well :)

[sesespupytes]

Like , If u don't feel grose bout this , you can just watch it while ur eating ... ;)

I'm 14 years old , And I'm going to be a heart doctor ... Wish me luck :)

[KardinalGirl]

@sesespupytes Wish the best!

[XxLawlcatxX]

@sesespupytes Going to be a heart doctor... you mean a cardiologist? A cardiac surgeon? Just an FYI, not to discourage you... Don't bother, I am in medical school and it sucks being a doctor.

[1akrof]

@sesespupytes Dont be discouraged. I'm in med school too, it is awesome. Good luck! :)

[mycast11]

very cool!

[093darkknight]

I'm in love. I'm applying to med school this year. OMG!!! I really hope I get in so I can become a surgeon in the future.

[kobe24mvp90]

@093darkknight good luck to you.

[frostiygaming]

I can't wait to become a heart surgeon.

[gambit54321ryan]

@Thanosandandy2 yes isn't it amazing?

[papicock69]

Thumbs up if you were eating while watching this!

[karjala55]

shure whold be scary if one of the doctors whold vomit on that...

[seeker161]

@karjala55 why would they?

[HIM666dark6light]

Random question,does anything happen when those doctors are just cutting up parts of the insides of the guy?as in the doctor is just cutting up like some sort of paper like muscle from the body and removing it.

[btonyxy]

really amazing

[Thanosandandy2]

so the guy dies and then comes back to life?!

[TheAshaeallday]

Very interesting

[hikerdude4000]

Just aboutbfell asleepwarxhing this

[amine2086]

Dr. D'Alessandro, for the record IVC delivers blood to the RA not LA.

[2nyloveHB]

damn this is the moment i realized that i have seriously been to lazy on high school...

[MrRorieWhite]

magicians

[badslabber]

fantastic work done by these people ,real team work :)

[MeestaBojangles]

I seriously just threw up, this is why I am now in engineering school.

[MrMarzialista92]

@MeestaBojangles same

[pkingisfunz]

O.O

[HIM666dark6light]

Screw musicians and athletes,heart surgeons are my true heroes.They should be paid more than fucking justin bieber

[TimelessFTW]

@HIM666dark6light definitely 

[gurjyotnanda18]

patient is kept alive during operation by HLM its haert-lung-machine

[jhamonkey]

how do you not die ..

[amirfromspain]

GREAT DR DANIEL



[Akleloki]

the second guy dsnt stop saying erm..erm..erm

[AbominatorOnRS]

why not just get a machine instead of a heart and lungs to live longer? ;)

[peelikeafather]

@AbominatorOnRS because they have not invented machinical lungs and heart.

[anqqn]

@peelikeafather there are artificial hearts and assist devices(LVAD) thought these will only keep you alive for about 2 years sometimes more sometimes less.

[rosiieluv24]

i have seen this because i had a liver transplant

[sabah2177]

being a cardiac surgeon in India is waay Easier , finish Highschool with physics , che m and biology . Appear for CET ,, score above 180/200 . Enter MBBS ( bachelor in Medicine and surgery ) 4 yrs. then go for post graduation . M.S (masters in surgery) ,,choose your field... and here we go ...

[TheYesManProductions]

when the heart gets taken out of the body is the patient still alive or is he dead for a little while

[Amberblaze223]

@TheYesManProductions someone is not REALLY dead until the brain waves stop.when they take the heart out, they usually have o machine pumping for them so they don't make a mistake from rushing9(or so it would seem what they would do, put you on a machine)

[superfoxmode10]

Very impressive doctors. I am 14 and wish to be a cardio surgeon. What sort of studies would you need to be a cardio surgeon?

[justmeduhfull]

@superfoxmode10 finish high school, take biology in high school, human anatomy and physiology, zooology, you can do the nursing program and that will beneficial for you, then you go to college for four years undergrad,important to take classes such as anatomy and physiology, molecular cell biology, etc, after 4 years you take an MCAT and score at least a 24, then medical school for 4-6 years to study medicine, after that you go to ur specialty (heart surgery), working along side a doctor 2-3yrs.

[ahmedalian]

Everyone of you deserves to be very very rich.

[5applepie]

a year and a half ago i had a heart transplant! no rejection ether! :D

[Hollywood1898]

Did the heart survive surgery or did it died?

[KristianAugustine]

@Hollywood1898 I highly doubt that they would be able to show this video if the recipient had died, but i do not know 100 %

[trismarz24]

the heart has many veins inside of it is it?

[radopap2]

AMAZING, great job!

[jonathanspan]

So the new heart works without being physically connected to the nervous system?

[JMicki]

@jonathanspan Yes. Heart is independant of the nervous system. There is just the sympathic or the parasympathic nervous system (autonomic nervous system) who stimulate or inhibate heart rate.

[abdull7449]

this doctor with dark heir is so fucking hot!!!!

[xxxpuppylovinxxx]

I wish you would put *all* your surgeries on line (in full length, not just 2 or 6 minutes of it). BUT WHAT EVER YOU POST IS GREAT! <3

[23armyfreak]

thumbs up if you watched all this!!

[lianL6]

thank you... i learn a lots!!

I'm medical student

i have to watch a lots

i do learn something here..

[theakstonsrock]

Never had a transplant and I'm no medical student - just really curious on how they can actually make it happen.

[ogomez80]

I am 5 years post transplant patient, and I am happy to see that we are able to see what really happened to us when we got transplanted. I wonder if Montefiore Hospital is performing second time transplant. Here in FL we have a couple people got their second heart and are doing excellent! I my case so far I am felling so good that I do not think I would need a second one anytime soon!

[24MrsBeautiful]

@carlward1234 hey all I wish you good..My brother also wears a pump at all and he is waiting for a donor heart! And we live in Germany..Here you find a hospital that is the second or 3 best times and there was a 9 Hähriges girl..she also had a LVAD..She did me so sorry..Thus,a large pump..Recently I sawa little girl she is 3 years old and its pump is greater thanks..So LVAD..So my brother is waiting on a heart.He has this pump:

[NICHA510541]

if i could it to someone i love, i will

[InsightVidya]

very cool

[carlward1234]

Wow I went through this myself in Aug 08 Tryed to get video of my own transplant.

Was told that they dont do videos .Had a LVAD installed first ,59 days later got the call . Thank God Every Day For My 2nd Life.

[sfweo234]

@carlward1234

How about you thank the Doctors that peformed the surgery?

[Mautjuh15]

@sfweo234 YEs indeed, thanks to the doctors here in Holland, my father still allives!!

[mybreakindawn]

I am also amazed by how far science has brought us. The only difference is that, unlike a lot of the commentators on this video, I do know how to spell correctly. Oh, and English isn't even my first language.

[jeremXkilla]

I'm 16 and this very fascinating I'm planning to enter medical school. I would love to help people!

[abh8765]

It's amazing how long the old heart continues to beat during the surgery.

I did know my heart was so big. How do they keep the stiches from leaking?

[cardio4life]

@abh8765 They use a type of suture called a purse string suture.

[CaminDaR]

33:13 did he say "the exciting, sexy part of the heart transplantation"? is this suppose to be a professional webcast?

[ruiforuifo]

amazing video! Thanks for uploading and sharing it!

[carlward1234]

I have always asked my Doctors to let me see a video like this ,I had a transplant 2 years ago . Aug 27 ,08 At age 48 . I dont believe in the 12 year plan . I plan on at least 30 more years.. Thank god for the knowledge that he has passed on to the wonderful men and women who make this operation possible

[JJB2KMaster]

wow this is amazing im 13 but i want to do this so badly

[shutupjonae69]

I'm 15 and I'm amazing by this. I really really want to go to medical school and work with how the Heart functions and the body. But it would be my like during a transplant to forget to put something back haha because I forget stuff really fast. :D

[nicecat999]

I'm 16, hoping to go to medical school in 2 years :D the human body really is amazing, and I would love to be a doctor:) not so sure about being a surgeon though:)

[renthead3593]

@nicecat999 you can't just go to med school after high school...you need a degree first

[elezlushaj]

I'm 14 years old and I'm amazed by this! I'm soooo gunna be a heart surgeon when I'm older!

[pspmastergame]

@elezlushaj hope you do good :D

[OiParker]

woah.

[salpicon333]

Amazing videos im 15 years old and this was amazing thanks you guys

[bum2003]

i am do this 3 yrs ago at UCLA hospital. Everything came out good. I can play golf 3 ( 18 holes) time a week. but just alot of pills and alot of caution. For the people that have to go under this surgery just a bit of exercise to keep you new heart healthy and watch out what you eat.

[igler93]

They are gods, in my opinion. Great persons doing a greta job!!

[gregrory89]

i am kinda curious wat does it smell like when you are doing surgery

[mRhOrSt]

@gregrory89

i work in surgery so:

most of the time you smell your own breath because of the face mask you wear, but when they cauterize it smells like burned flesh. you get used to that smell after a while.

greets from germany

[TheGow1pro]

how do they keep blood from going everywhere. do they cauterize it?

[WarrenAch]

@TheGow1pro They drain the excess blood and redistribute it to the patient when it's needed.

Most of the time, blood loss doesn't matter as the Heart is the number one blood pump of the body.

[deehass17]

my friend had to do this

[71lupenzo710]

david d'alessandro italian origin?great italy on the world i am honorated ! from italy thanks grazie a tutti gli italiani in america

[thesimer2]

how long would one of these surguries take?

[WarrenAch]

@thesimer2 Around 2 hours,1h30 if everything goes well and if the transplant surgeon knows what he's doing.

[barco10001]

@thesimer2 like 4 or 6 hours.It depends

[cpmc1]

After the 10 - 12 years, theorecticaly can the person get another heart transplant to lengthen the amount of years the person has left?

[alex44our]

@cpmc1 I received a new heart in november 2007. To answer your question from what I understood from my Cardiologist. In theory it is possible but after so many years of taking immunosupressiva it is more likely that your body is not fit enough to undergo a heavy operation again. I know 2 cases in which a new heart was inplanted after more than 15 years.

[b7ray32]

@alex44our hey i have a couple of questions this one might sound dumb but how do you feel now 3 years afterward? and are you able to do physical activities such as jog or run? and how long did it take you to recover after the surgery was done? i would appreciate it if you responded but if not i wish you the best of health

[D0dg3yBoi]

I am 21 and have severe cardiomyopothy and an a LVAD until a donor heart becomes available for me. Its truly amazing what these people can do, and i respect them so much.

[watAnonymouse]

@D0dg3yBoi You're going to die.

[shawnml1972]

@watAnonymouse So are you. Painfully, if Karma has its way.

[Pepcheerio]

My life's dream goal is to do a heart transplant. Oh my gosh I can save a life one day!

[tonybhoy96]

Amazing truly amazing!

[Ivanlamperouge]

I watched an open heart surgery at school at first it was gross and I think I will vomit but somehow later I was amazed of the parts. I need to watched some videos of this kind because I want to be a vet

[jenn1ifer]

i cant breath while wtaching this uhhhhhhh gasp!!

[hvhkl]

they r the time lords

[vMiinty]

My dads a cardiovascular surgeon and I got to watch a heart transplant from up in a gallery. It was amazing! I want to be a surgeon some day but I'd like to be a neuro surgeon instead.

[bartek280]

great job doctors !!! awsome video

[abattoirea]

yeah....nice work doctors....!!!

[arprieta]

I also am a heart transplant patient and am really amazed that I went through all of this and am still alive almost 8 years later.

[vbox8]

@arprieta i wish you the best : )

[66gamer]

@arprieta thats really great,= so hows your heart mine is going fine its been 4 years

[oversholder]

my dad has same condition but he cant afford the implant. how much is the diffrence between the real heart and artificial? please respond

[MARINE0609]

artificial is way more

[66gamer]

Wow I had a heart transplant and it's amazing that I'm alive. Great job doctors

[Miyu1020]

wow ... that's realy intressting!

good job !

[Tockwork]

Amazing job by amazing doctors.

[annamolly41]

Awesome video :)

[alexrocks101]

YAY!!!! I've been trying to find this video!! now I can watch it on the go!!