Heart Transplant Procedure From Montefiore-Einstein, NYC

Please visit www.ORLive.com to view the full surgery.

On September 19th, 2007 The Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery at the Montefiore-Einstein Heart Center in New York presented an OR-Live.com webcast of a panel discussion on a heart transplant. This procedure was performed on April 17, 2007 by Dr. David D'Alessandro, Cardiothoracic Surgeon at the Center. Dr. Ricardo Bello was the assisting surgeon during the procedure. The panel discussion was moderated by Dr. Daniel Goldstein, Surgical Director of Cardiac Transplantation, Montefiore-Einstein Heart Center. They were joined by a live audience of surgeon-colleagues and cardiologists. The webcast featured video portions of the procedure as well as detailed descriptions of the techniques used.

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News & Politics

Tags:

• transplant
• heart
• cardiothoracic
• cardiac
• einstein
• montefiore
• donor
• cardiologist
• open-heart

[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 ?!?!?!

[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.

[ujgilani]

these docs really have STEEL BALLS ..

God Bless DOCS.

[MsGodluver]

@plasticbarf  o.O lol!

[0katykate0]

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