T5-2.- How does heart transplant surgery work?

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PEDRO ALVAREZ JIMENEZ
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Question 1

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How many times a day does your heart beat?
Answer
  • 1000 times per day
  • 10,000 times per day
  • 100,000 times per day

Question 2

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When a heart is removed and being transported, what is it stored in?
Answer
  • Cold saline and preservation solution
  • Directly in an ice-filled container
  • A container kept warm by a heat lamp

Question 3

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What must doctor’s match between the donor and recipient before a heart can be transplanted?
Answer
  • Blood and tissue type
  • Age and gender
  • All the above

Question 4

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After transplantation, the recipient has to be all his life with immunosuppressive medication. What is the main risk because of this?
Answer
  • Infection
  • Organ rejection
  • “Heart attack”

Question 5

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What percentage of heart transplanted people survive at least 5 years? And at least 20 years?
Answer
  • 90% and 40%
  • 60% and 60%
  • 70% and 20%
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