What is heart transplant?

A surgical procedure in which a damaged heart is removed and replaced by another heart from a suitable donor. It is performed in patients with end-stage heart failure or severe coronary artery disease.

How do members experience heart transplant?

Top 5 symptoms reported by people with heart transplant*

*Reports may be affected by other conditions and/or medication side effects. We ask about general symptoms (anxious mood, depressed mood, fatigue, pain, and stress) regardless of condition.

Top treatments taken by people for heart transplant*

*Data from patients with heart transplant, who have ever reported treatments, ordered by their reporting frequency during the last 5 years.

Compare treatments taken by people with heart transplant*

Treatment
Perceived effectiveness
Side effects
Total evaluations
Tried for
Treatment

(CellCept)
Perceived effectiveness
No evaluations
Side effects
No evaluations
Total evaluations
0
Tried for
heart transplant (2)
Treatment

(Prograf)
Perceived effectiveness
No evaluations
Side effects
No evaluations
Total evaluations
0
Tried for
heart transplant (2)
Treatment

(Rapamune)
Perceived effectiveness
No evaluations
Side effects
No evaluations
Total evaluations
0
Tried for
heart transplant (1)

*Data from patients with heart transplant, who have ever reported treatments, ordered by their reporting frequency during the last 5 years.

Who has heart transplant on PatientsLikeMe?

Age

Age Proportion # of patients
<20 6
20s 23
30s 74
40s 98
50s 138
60s 146
70+ 104

Distribution of sex

Sex

Sex Proportion # of patients
Male 315
Female 263