Statistics and Outcomes of Heart Transplantation
Quick Facts
(As of January 1, 2009)
- Over 2,400 patient visits per year at Emory’s Heart Failure Clinic
- Over 500 adults followed with congenital heart disease
- 53 ventricular assist devices implanted
- 506 primary adult heart transplants performed
- 23 heart transplants performed in 2008
- 12 combined heart/kidney transplants performed
- Currently 45 patients on Emory's heart transplant waiting list
The Emory Center for Heart Failure Therapy and Transplantation has one of the most impressive patient and graft survival rates in the nation. Complete details of the updated outcomes for Emory's Heart Transplant programs can be found on the www.ustransplant.org/ Web site.
