Can you get a heart and lung transplant at the same time?

Can you get a heart and lung transplant at the same time?

Due to a shortage of suitable donors and due to the fact that both heart and lung have to be transplanted together, it is a rare procedure; only about a hundred such transplants are performed each year in the United States.

What is the survival rate for heart and lung transplant?

The ISHLT registry data shows survival after heart-lung transplantation is improving, but still its survival rates are 71% at 3 months, 63% at 1 year, 44% at 5 years and 31% at 10 years. With appropriate patient selection and surgical expertise, these outcomes should improve further.

Which country is best for lung transplant?

Belgium is one of the world leaders in terms of number of deceased organ donors with a lung recovery rate of about 35%. With a total of 8.3 lung transplants per million population, Belgium is currently the number 1 in the world.

How much does a heart and lung transplant cost?

The median charge for heart-lung transplantation was $134,881, with an average hospital stay of 31 days. Total charges fell between $99,535 and $216,639 for 50% of the cases studied. Half of the patients spent between 23 and 49 days in the hospital.

What is the longest living lung transplant patient?

Pam Everett-Smith celebrated a milestone this past November — 30 years since she received a lung transplant at Vanderbilt University Medical Center. She is the longest-surviving single-lung transplant patient known in the United States.

What is the best hospital for a lung transplant?

• Cedars-Sinai Medical Center.
• UCLA Medical Center.
• Cleveland Clinic.
• NYU Langone Hospitals.
• Johns Hopkins Hospital.
• Hospitals of the University of Pennsylvania-Penn Presbyterian.
• UC San Diego Health-Jacobs Medical Center. La Jolla, CA 92037.
• New York-Presbyterian Hospital-Columbia and Cornell. 1-337-242-7881.

How much does lung transplant cost?

Data reveals a lung transplant can cost well over $929,600 for a single-lung transplant to $1,295,900 for a double-lung transplant to well over $2,600,000 when combined with another organ like a heart. For the most part, the majority of transplant costs are covered by either public or private insurance.

What is the maximum age for a lung transplant?

The traditional age limit for lung transplantation is 65 years. At Mayo Clinic, however, we will evaluate individuals older than 65 who do not have significant disease processes besides their lung diseases.