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Organ transplantation
The medical practice of replacing a patient's failing organ with a healthy one from a donor. Organs transplanted most often are the kidney, heart, lung, liver, and pancreas.
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cardiac death
Health care; Organ transplantation
Death defined as the irreversible cessation of circulatory and respiratory functions. Death is declared in accordance with hospital policy and applicable state and local statues or regulation.
congenital
Health care; Organ transplantation
Describes a disease or condition with which someone is born.
chronic
Health care; Organ transplantation
Developing slowly and lasting for a long time, possibly the rest of a person's life. For example: chronic kidney failure.
pulmonary function tests (PFTs)
Health care; Organ transplantation
Diagnostic tests that help to measure the lungs' ability to exchange oxygen and carbon dioxide appropriately.
idiopathic cardiomyopathy
Health care; Organ transplantation
Disease of the heart muscle with no known cause leading to a weakened and often enlarged heart; one of the principal reasons for heart transplantation.
Data Advisory Committee (DAC)
Health care; Organ transplantation
Dissolved upon effective date of the 2005 OPTN contract, this committee was charged with overseeing all recommendations to the Board of Directors regarding specifications for collecting data on the ...
Data Working Group (DWG)
Health care; Organ transplantation
Dissolved upon effective date of the 2005 OPTN contract, this group was mutually operated by the OPTN and SRTR contractors, and comprised representatives from both organizations as well as members of ...
