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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.
Industry: Health care
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Organ transplantation
cohort
Health care; Organ transplantation
A group of individuals sharing one or more characteristics that are observed during a designated time period.
virus
Health care; Organ transplantation
A group of tiny organisms capable of growing and copying themselves while living within cells of the body.
Preferred Provider Organization (PPO)
Health care; Organ transplantation
A health insurance plan with an established network of healthcare providers. It provides maximum benefit coverage when services are obtained from provider within the network. Reduced benefits ...
ventricular tachycardia (V-tach)
Health care; Organ transplantation
A heartbeat caused by the ventricles that is so rapid the heart does not fill adequately with blood, and less blood is able to pump through the body.
polycystic kidney disease (PKD)
Health care; Organ transplantation
A hereditary condition that results in the formation of cysts throughout the kidneys. Patients with PKD often require kidney transplantation.
cytomegalovirus (CMV)
Health care; Organ transplantation
A herpes virus that usually causes a mild infection. Important because it can become deadly in an immunocompromised transplant recipient. Deceased donors are screened for the presence of CMV ...
