How many times a day does your heart beat?
1000 times per day
10,000 times per day
100,000 times per day
When a heart is removed and being transported, what is it stored in?
Cold saline and preservation solution
Directly in an ice-filled container
A container kept warm by a heat lamp
What must doctor’s match between the donor and recipient before a heart can be transplanted?
Blood and tissue type
Age and gender
All the above
After transplantation, the recipient has to be all his life with immunosuppressive medication. What is the main risk because of this?
Infection
Organ rejection
“Heart attack”
What percentage of heart transplanted people survive at least 5 years? And at least 20 years?
90% and 40%
60% and 60%
70% and 20%