Roni Shanoada: How does heart transplant surgery work?

How does heart transplant surgery work?

Your heart beats more than 100,000 times a day. In just a minute, it pumps over five liters of blood throughout your body. But unlike skin and bones, the heart has a limited ability to repair itself. So if this organ is severely damaged, there's often only one medical solution: replacing it. Roni Shanoada explores how this complex and intricate procedure works. [Directed by Alexia Roider, Zedem Media, narrated by Addison Anderson].

When the heart is too damaged to repair, transplantation can offer a second chance at life. Each year about 3,500 heart transplants take place, relying on a race against time to keep the donated organ viable. The procedure involves not only remarkable surgical skill but also careful matching and lifelong management of the body's immune response. While survival rates are improving, access remains limited and many patients still wait or never receive a new heart.