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    Life-Saving Options for Congestive Heart Failure Patients
    Because congestive heart failure currently has no cure, important medical advances are critical for offering hope and extending quality of life to patients.  Dr. Georg Wieselthaler, Director and Surgical Chief of the...
    by Patient Power | 07/03/2012
    Advances in Living Donor Liver Transplant
    A living donor liver transplant is when a healthy person donates a portion of their liver to another person. This procedure can dramatically cut the risk of death and complications...
    by Patient Power | 04/17/2012
    New Research: Could Organ Recipients Forgo Anti-Rejection Medication?
    Kidney transplant recipients currently must take immune-suppressing medications to prevent organ rejection, which can make them vulnerable to infections and disease. In this podcast, Dr. Joseph Leventhal explains ongoing clinical trials at...
    by Patient Power | 03/27/2012
    Advances in Pediatric Bone Marrow Transplant
    A cancer diagnosis at a any age can be frightening especially when it’s a young person is involved. In this program, Dr. Scott Baker from the Seattle Cancer Care Alliance,...
    by Patient Power | 03/04/2011
    The Latest in the Treatment of Advanced Heart Failure
    If you have heart failure, the wait for a heart transplant can be long and risky.  Fortunately, progress in transplant and ventricular assist devices (VADs) are helping to replace the...
    by Patient Power | 02/21/2011
    Progress in Liver Transplant: The Team’s Perspective
    There’s no question that transplant is a major operation. The recovery can sometimes be the most taxing but anti-rejection medications are making the process easier.  In this program a team...
    by Patient Power | 11/29/2010
    Lung Transplant: Advanced Treatment for Lung Diseases
    Lung transplants are the most advanced treatment for patients with severe diseases of the lung, and usually a last resort treatment option. In this program, Dr. Lorriana Leard, a pulmonologist...
    by Patient Power | 06/01/2010
    Benefits of Ventricular Assist Devices (VADs)
    Learn from experts, in-depth coverage about this Patient Power® health issue through our related links.
    by Patient Power | 01/19/2010
    Advances in Heart Transplant
    A heart transplant can be life-extending and certainly lifesaving. Since 1985, Oregon Health & Science University (OHSU) has performed more than 500 heart transplants. Twelve of these patients have passed...
    by Patient Power | 10/21/2009
    Benefits of Ventricular Assist Devices (VADs)
    If you have heart failure, the wait for a heart transplant can be long and risky. Luckily, new advances in Ventricular Assist Devices (VADs) are helping to replace the function...
    by Patient Power | 10/14/2009
    Kidney Transplant: Live Organ Donation and Transplantation
    The number of people needing kidney transplants in the United States today far outweighs the number of deceased donor kidneys available. With diabetes on the rise and other diseases contributing...
    by Patient Power | 06/26/2009
    Bone Marrow Transplantation for the Treatment of Patients with Nonmalignant Disorders
    Diagnosing a child with an immune deficiency disease requires diligence and a multidisciplinary team. This may involve, immunologists, transplant biologists, and hematologist. Fortunately, Seattle Cancer Care Alliance (SCCA) expert Dr....
    by Patient Power | 04/22/2009
    Saving Lives with Bone Marrow Transplants
    Bone marrow transplantation or BMT has successfully been treating patients diagnosed with leukemia, aplastic anemia, lymphoma, multiple myeloma, immune deficiency disorders and some solid tumors such as breast and ovarian...
    by Patient Power | 01/14/2009
    Kidney and Liver Transplant
    Learn from experts, in-depth coverage about this Patient Power® health issue through our related links.
    by Patient Power | 08/14/2008
    The Latest in Kidney and Liver Transplant
    On this Patient Power program, host Andrew Schorr is joined by two leading transplant doctors at the University of Washington Medical Center (UWMC) to help listeners understand which illnesses are...
    by Patient Power | 08/14/2008
    Minimally Invasive Video-Assisted Surgery for Lung Cancer
    Video-Assisted Thoracoscopic Surgery or VATS is a complex surgery using specialized techniques, including a video camera that allows surgeons to view the chest of a patient during surgery. One of...
    by Patient Power | 06/04/2008
    Benefits and Risks of Living Donor Liver Transplants
    Liver transplants provide patients a chance for a longer, more active life in the final stages of liver disease or end-stage liver disease. In this Patient Power program sponsored by...
    by Patient Power | 05/28/2008
    Advances in Stem Cell Transplants
    The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center is one of the largest centers in the world for stem cell transplants, performing more than 700 procedures for adults and...
    by Patient Power | 03/18/2008
    What's New and Exciting in Transplantation
    The field of solid organ transplantation has matured significantly over the past three decades. There continue to be exciting developments that propel the field forward. In this episode of Patient...
    by Patient Power | 03/11/2008
    Non-Myeloablative "Mini" Transplants
    Renowned expert and one of the founding scientists of the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Dr. Rainer Storb, joins Patient Power to discuss non-myeloablative ”mini” transplants, a mild transplant that...
    by Patient Power | 02/27/2008
    Great Advances and Innovations in Lung Transplantation
    For people who suffer from conditions like cystic fibrosis (CF), pulmonary hypertension, pulmonary fibrosis, and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), which includes emphysema and chronic bronchitis, severe lung damage can...
    by Patient Power | 01/06/2008
    Liver Transplant Patients and the Lack of Organ Donors: A Patient's Story
    Learn from an expert and a liver transplant patient about organ transplantation and what you can do to become a donor.
    by Patient Power | 09/11/2007
    The Latest in Fighting Blood Cancers and How You Can Help
    Recently there has been tremendous progress in the treatment of Chronic Myelogenous Leukemia, or CML, most notably with Gleevec. In this episode of Patient Power, you’ll hear from a CML...
    by Patient Power | 08/26/2007
    Recent Advances and Challenges in Solid Organ Transplantation
    Recent years have seen vast technological advancements in solid organ transplantation. In this program Dr. Michael Abecassis, head of the Northwestern Memorial Hospital transplantation department, discusses advances in kidney, liver,...
    by Patient Power | 03/13/2007
    Organ Transplant
    by Patient Power | 01/29/2007
    Team Transplant: Winning a Second Chance at Life
    On this special episode of Patient Power, host Andrew Schorr gives a tribute to the University of Washington’s “Team Transplant” - a group of individuals who have had a transplant...
    by Patient Power | 11/27/2005