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Heart Transplant

Learn more about how Duke's heart transplant experts use advanced techniques to care for people with end-stage heart disease who are in need of a heart transplant.

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Daughter and Mother Get Heart Transplants at Duke Two Years Apart

Daughter and Mother Get Heart Transplants at Duke Two Years Apart

Carrie Hollander was just 31 years old when she was diagnosed with heart failure. Within three years, she needed a heart transplant. Since she was not a candid ...

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Can a New Device Make More Hearts Available for Transplant?

Can a New Device Make More Hearts Available for Transplant?

Michael Woods’ heart and kidney disease were slowly worsening as he waited for a heart and kidney transplant in early 2020. With limited hearts available, he c ...

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Duke Children's Hospital performs its first combined heart-and-kidney transplant (video)

Duke Children's Hospital performs its first combined heart-and-kidney transplant (video)

Duke Children’s Hospital performed its first heart-plus-other-organ transplant, giving Shania Harris, 9, a new heart and kidney. Watch Shania's story.

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