How does heart transplant surgery work? - Roni Shanoada
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- čas přidán 2. 06. 2024
- Dig into the science of how heart transplants happen, how donors are matched and find out how this complex surgery saves lives.
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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.
Lesson by Roni Shanoada, directed by Alexia Roider, Zedem Media.
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I am the sibling of a recent heart donor. My sister died in January of a fentanyl overdose. It was her 23rd birthday. She was pronounced brain dead in the hospital. Her organs saved four lives... her heart went to an eleven year old girl. It is so strange and overwhelming to know that even though I cremated and buried my sister's ashes, her heart is still out there - intact and beating - in a child. The eeriness of this video perfectly conveys how I feel everyday, just watching it made me cry. I want to hear my sister's beating heart again so desperately. I miss her so much, and I wish her recipient the best. I will never recover from the loss of my sister, but the four lives she saved will live on.
😢 Oh my God! I am so sorry!
🕯 May your sister rest in peace...
I also wanted to add something that the video didn't really touch on and that is that there is a GIANT team of doctors, nurses, social workers, lab specialists, coordinators, helicopter pilots, dispatchers, etc, that are put together in less than 48 hours when a donor is pronounced brain dead. Often, donors are donating multiple organs at once, so the donor is having multiple organs removed at one time. There are heart specialists, liver specialists, kidney specialists, etc, all working together. This is a solemn, hectic, and overwhelming process for donor families and the doctors who are basically disassembling their loved one. It's an orchestra that has to be carefully conducted and timed and the work that these teams do is amazing and awe-inspiring. These teams of people are heroes and their work is absolute magic. I've seen it happen, it's incredible.
@@jakilope I believe that the channel, Wendover Productions, has a video on the logistics of organ transplant.
P.S. 🎞 Have you ever seen 'John Q.' (2003)?
If so, what did you think of that Denzel Washington-starring hostage thriller?
So sorry to hear that. May you find peace in knowing her organs helped save lives. God bless you and your family.
why did you cremated her instead of burying her?
Doctors who can do this, Scientists and researchers who enabled this. MASSIVE RESPECT!!
And the donors. Every single one.
And all the people who died in the learning process.
to the mathematecians and engineers
@@ristopoho824 And to the families who allowed them. Also, to the lawmakers who allowed it to happen.
Facts!! I think they are real life superheros
A few years ago my father had a double lung transplant. He was so sick for several years and this surgery gave him a very new quality of life. He was one of the most remarkable recovery stories doctors have ever seen.
That's awesome! May your father and your family are always healthy❤
@@19_mirantirahmaningsih95 thank you so much. Bless your heart 🥹
@@lotusgal313 lungs””
@@lotusgal313 Why I still don't know that there is already a lung transplant?
@@mersvirus9593 lung*
After years of work ups and jumping through hoops, my brother is finally on the heart and kidney transplant list. This video was awesome to share with my mom so she could understand a little bit better.
I want his kidneys 🤤🤤🤤
Hope your brother is doing okay
I really hope we can grow organs from our own DNA in the future. Imagine suddenly having enough (if expensive) replacement organs.
@@HiAdrian they’re working on that right now actually! So far it’s looking pretty promising. They grow stand alone organs using cells from the patients. I’m not sure how far along it is to getting approved but from my knowledge they have already grown multiple organs.
My dad just received a heart transplant yesterday after 19 years of knowing he ultimately needed one. It's amazing, the journey was long.
I had a heart transplant 15.5 years ago at age 10. Doing amazing today!! No major issues!
Great news!
What's the minor issues?
Mine about 4 years 😄✌️ where you form
@@MS-cf3pc four years for me too.
Wtf?
My friends dad got a heart transplant 30 or so years ago. He had to get another new one 2 years ago and hes still doing okay. Guys a legend
Mans changing heart like clothes.. xD.. Man is actually legendary
Damn... It's like upgrading to power up.
@@thetrickster5182 2 lives were lost in this process so is it an upgrade? Be respectful
@@2013Queen i mean they don’t kill people for their heart it’s more like taking form the death
@@2013Queen uh but like... when theres a heart transplant its because a person died but their heart still works, you're acting like they go out and kill people just to get their hearts
My Dad had a heart transplant when he was 55. He is now 77. Doctors and Nurses are Superheroes!!!! ❤️
damn your dad is in the minority of those who survived after a transplant i hope he is well and walking
@@tapwater5 he also had a kidney transplant 3 years ago. He is a miracle man. Thanks so much 🙏🏼
Donors are heros too.
gold bless you and i wish your dad a healthy and happy life :)
@@Johnny47i thank you so much! Right back at you 🙏🏼
This procedure must be extremely expensive.
My life may not be perfect, but this video made me appreciate how important it is to have just a fully functional heart. I’m grateful.
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I have no idea how it's in the US but in my country any life saving transplant is free. Not covered by health care or anything, but actually free, the government covers every expense for every transplant.
In the other hand, the transplant culture here is horrible, people still believe their organs will be stolen or doctors won't save you if you're a donor.
i believe the heart is $250,000 US dollars that's not including any other costs IE both surgeries, after care in the hospital and anything else. i was luck my insurances covered it. last quote i got for my monthly medicine without insurance was around $5,000 US dollars but everything is more expensive now so who knows what it is now
@@AlejandroLZuvic what country is that. i doubt theyd be completely free
@@AlejandroLZuvic Ah yes, you are from Germany, right?
my girlfriend had a heart transplant when she was young, she has a progressive disease that made her blind at 13 and have some hearing loss. love you babe. this is so interesting!
Dude, just the fact that you love somebody who is not society’s image of perfection is freaking awesome. Well done dude and all the best to your girl.
U dont have to answer but who was the donor?
Best man
@@i_like_chicken_wings7167 me
haha, jk, not sure tbh, i never asked.
All the best to you two
Heart transplants wouldn’t be possible if it weren’t for the drugs that prevent people’s bodies from rejecting the transplanted organ. These drugs have vastly improved in the last 15 to 20 years.
Have they now? That would explain why I lived longer with my kidney then what my doctors said when I was a kid.
Yes, and all the immunocompromised complications with anti-rejection drugs means a mechanical solution will ultimately be preferable to donor organ transplant.
I think scientists and doctors are currently experimenting and researching on stem cells. For context for those who don't know stem cells are essentially jobless cells who can differentiate into any cell in the body (Neurons, hepatocytes, neutrophils, etc). The idea is that you can use a persons stem cells to recreate an entire new organ (maybe even entire limbs) for them that way the body doesn't reject it and have the immune system attack it because it was made with the persons own cells. As of yet it hasn't been fully perfected but it's getting there
@@ApersonIguess-rb6fu you are right Goldenfoxy. The stem cell stuff avoids all the complications of anti rejection drugs and contra drugs and would be the best long term solution if it is achievable. A mechanical one is second best because it avoids all the disadvantages of donor organs with respect to organ supply and rejection which unfortunately is the best we have now. The future looks golden.
@@MrGroganmeisterif we somehow don't eradicate ourselves beforehand.
I'm currently in uni, but I'm hoping in the future I become a cardiovascular perfusionist that performs in open heart surgeries. The video was really good!
All the very best
What is uni?
Good luck, the world needs more doctors.
@@me_debankan4178 university
I hope you succeed in achieving your goal 🌸🙏
My niece recently died of a brain bleed. Her heart was donated a few days ago. I hope to hear, in a few weeks according to the hospital, that the surgery was a success so that part of her lives on. She was very good hearted and i hope it's contagious for someone else. 30 years old just wasn't enough for you Pey. Your uncle is 💔.
We should adore the effort of a surgeon managing to concentrate himself in that surgery ,which last from 4-6 hours. And his talent to do this is incredible... Huge respect to doctors and surgeons👨⚕️👩⚕️❤️
Who said the doctor has to be a man?
@@thecorlorlesspig1993 No one? Why are you getting triggered by such a simple thing. Man is the default gender pronoun for people
@@thecorlorlesspig1993 can u just check on the imogi s.both genders were there..
@@thecorlorlesspig1993 statistics.
@@flameangrytiger8375 🗿
My chest feels itchy while watching this video
Felt like my heart was scared lol 😆
Dude my heart can't even take watching this, it's so scary and some humans devote their lives to mastering this so they can help others, RESPECT!
I was given my heart on my birthday in 2014.
I was expecting to be normal again, or at least semi normal. I suffer with chronic fatigue, migraines, stomach aches, and chronic body pains. Now I know and have been completely aware of what I walked into.. I am grateful, but also unsure how to feel.
imo you should be very proud of yourself!! you have gone through so much and you're still going!! you deserve all the people that have given you support along this journey. best of luck!!
God keeps strengths and heals you in Jesus name, Amen
My dad was on the transplant list for 19 years. He was suffering from A.I. hepatitis, and needed a new liver. I’ll never forget when our worst fears came true. He finally found a match after all that time only to find out he wasn’t going to receive it in the end. I think he gave up after hearing that as he passed away 3 days later. I was 16, I only knew him as a sick person. I will always advocate to donate when possible - there are countless families out there in the same seat I was, praying every night for their loved ones. When you need a transplant, everyday is truly a gift. It’s been ten years and to this day I still wish I could have donated to him. I remembered how livers regenerate and prayed they could help him. Obviously that’s not how transplants work, but nonetheless I felt helpless for years. I still wish things could have ended different. Love you daddio miss you always 🤍
As a young person who has been through 2 open heart surgeries (not transplant related) - I'm still in awe at what they were able to accomplish with me. I'll probably have a couple more in my life time but it never ceases to amaze me.
Hope life works out for ya man... That's a tough hand to have been dealt, but we all have our weight to carry.
Same. 23, cardiac arrest, 15 days ecmo, 3 lvads an rvad, and a heart transplant. 8 open heart surgeries in 2 months.
Its all nuts.
@@OvertonWindex omg was it an underlying health issue?
@@StrawberryShortcake2.8can I have your heart 😢
@@OvertonWindexdam
I work in Trauma ICU as a registered nurse and it saddens me to see so many patients of mine who become brain dead because I know they will have their organs harvested (with consent from family or if they are registered as donors). I work on the sad side of organ transplant since I witness family members screaming and crying for their loved ones to come back. However, I am grateful that we can allow these patients that I work with to live on in someone else and to save someone else's life.
do you know for sure if they are given full general anesthesia for the organ harvesting surgury?
@@purplefashion4588 I don’t work in the operating room, I work in the intensive care unit so I usually see the aftermath of what they do in the operating room. However, during an organ harvest the patient is dead afterwards, so they do not come back to me in the ICU. However, I am sure they provide comforting medications during the procedure to make sure their transition is peaceful.
@@purplefashion4588 They are.
Sowing the new heart back must require so much precision and focus. Hats off to the surgeons who do this.
I got my heart in April of 22. Had two heart attacks two days apart from each other. Last one was in the hospital and I’m glad my nurses were always there for me
My whole body is in shock, the fact we figured out how to do this is INCREDIBLE
I had a heart transplant when I was 7-werks old. My left ventricle didn't form correctly when I was born. This is very informative, thank you!
7 weeks?? Wow, how did you even find a viable donor? Lucky you!
Lucky for finding the donor that is, not needing the transplant
context?
@@pinpuff6457 maybe a baby died
@@theoneandonlyhooda they gave context dummy
Keep your heart healthy as long as you can (for people who are still young and carry on living a very unhealthy lifestyle i.e.smoking, bad eating habits) is my take out from this video. Ofcourse people who are now in need of a transplant don't have any other choice unfortunately.
Heart Health is not a choice always either. Rheumatic Heart Disease in Indigenous Australians is one such example that is the result of systemic inequalities.
Videos like this make me thanking God that I'm not a surgeon. It feels like a mentally, physically, and emotionally demanding job
yeah, surgeons must have stomachs of *steel*
No doubt!
Rooting to all heart complication patients out there. you're not alone 🥰
TED-Ed does put a lot of heart into making their videos.
haha boooooooooooooo =\
Nice pun
I see what you did there
I got an extra 7 years with my amazing grandfather. SO thankful that this was an option for him; he was a former drug addict and had no chance at most hospitals, however UCLA Ronald Regan didn't ask any questions and he was first on the list. When they removed his original heart, they mentioned it was the size of a deflated soccer ball. He conquered some wonderful, yet challenging tasks in those extra years of life he was granted and helped out so many in his community to ensure they didn't go down the same path as him.
5 year post Heart Transplant thankful for every day
It is truly a miracle we puny humans are able to do heart transplant surgeries. Thanks to the amazing doctors and people working in biology research areas to let us have this option.
I think it's well known but doctors and medical researchers are SEVERELY underrated.
I remember a few years ago a when my friend's family donated most of their father's organs (don't know which ones), all of the doctors/nurses present bowed to them saying they were really thankful for their donation because it will save other people's lives. They are great people and they are highly respected .
I'm friends with a med student who's close to a heart surgeon, and she tells me that he's always so conflicted after a surgery, because while he was able to save a life, due to the complicated procedure of matching donor and recipient, there will always be people he can't save because they couldn't find a match, or because they had to choose who to prioritize and save. This video perfectly emcompasses the melancholic idea of just how difficult it is to save someone via a heart transplant.
This video just increased my love for doctors, surgeon's and all medical praticioners it truly isn't easy
The eeriness of the subject is wonderfully conveyed through the animation. Superb.
I just don't understand how it is possible for doctors to attach a heart so perfectly. It's really beautiful.
Well... swelling and eventually scar tissue fills the gaps. Haha
As usual, ted ed giving the most interesting and educational video everyday. It's very interesting seeing how a heart transplant work
at this point and moving forward, I think this will be the case for every video they upload
This is why I have an undying respect for medical practicioners, spending their lives for the benefit of others, maybe not in a truly altruistic way, but in this world actions tend to count more than intentions.
you're right, but others do it primarily for fortune
Respect to the surgeons who worked on this super complex subject cardiology that took years of studying it.
I am someone who was born with multiple heart conditions, I have a lower risks than some. But I also come from a family with a history of heart conditions, I have seen videos before about open heart surgery. This is one the more calming explanation of the procedure.
It would be great to see organ viability increase and patient life span increase after transplant. Hoping one day soon in the near future that 70% patient expectancy will in increase to 20 years or more. I just entered bioengineering/medical school and hope to see these changes in my lifetime.
I have a heart condition, although I recieved a valve transplant, rather than a full-on heart transplant. As scary as this was to watch, it's true that you have to be incredibly cautious after a transplant. I have to take meds before procedures to avoid infection, and I can't do anything overly exhausting, especially after surgery, so that I don't hurt myself. I've always known that transplants can be quite difficult and even risky, but this explained the *why* I'd always had circulating in my mind. Anyone that performs transplants deserve tons of respect, as it can be quite nerve-wracking to have so much pressure on you to help someone's clock keep ticking.
Idk if anyone else relates to this but personally I like to watch TEDed videos before going to sleep. It has helped me to fall asleep quickly, also removing any sort of anxiety in my head.
Animation and the way explained deserves appreciation.
so perplexing but still, you guys delivered this with eloquence
Me who plays Surgeon Simulator:
*_"I'm 4 parallel universes ahead of you"_*
This channel was introduced to me by our high school lecturer. I thought it'd be boring since I have a hard time understanding and keeping track of a lesson flow, but this channel made it so easy for me to understand it. Plus the visuals! It gets interesting every second.
Thankyou to those doctors who perform such critical surgery 🙌
Huge respect to doctors and surgeons. They deserve everything ❤️💪
Mind boggling and spine chilling at the same time.
It's amazing how remarkably intelligent and dedicated and skilled MEDICAL personnel are. ❤️❤️❤️
This is why I want to become doctor. Too much respect for them ♥️
Wow! Animation has improved a lot.
Honestly, every thing I'm curious about pops up on your channel. The other day I was thinking how heart surgery actually works. I dont want to watch the raw organ stuff...and here you are guys with the video.
I had a heart transplant 2 months ago and the operation took 14 hours. But that's probably because it was my 5th open heart surgery
The animation team does it again! I love the transitions.
with all the risk, complexity, and long recovery time, only 20% live after 20 years... people with good health should thank god often and not take everything for granted
I can't even imagine how difficult this incredibly delicate process. Absolutely fascinating
I love the animation of your videos so much and there's so much variety over the years, it's incredible.
Thanks for explaining my brother had a heart surgery. Dident know what was going on❤
This would be a good video to show students how important every aspect of biology, chemistry, math, and science is for doctors to do their job.
I love that this video came out, it gives a better perspective on how transplants work in the first place.
thank you ted ed for your amazing contents
It serves as a challenge, but is very effective to save lives. Although one day, I wish to see heart grafts made from tissue culture, which will beat the compatibility issue as well as the rejection system of the body. Thank you for this detailed information!
If donar need to be dead or alive?
@@Subscribe_Mr Donor who has recently died, or is declared brain dead, only organs from those patients can be used.
Thank you Science!!💗💗
When I die, please use any and every part of my body that can be reused. If nothing else, it can at least be useful for medical students to practice different things upon.
this is so amazing, kudos to people who did this!
WOW. Animation and explanation is superb thank you
neat
well matched
and calming
great visualization!
Wooow it's amazing that this is even possible. When I die I hope my organs are responsibly given out to whoever needs them.
I am happy they didn’t show any real life pictures or go into too much detail about the surgery because I had to see a video of a heart surgery and it made me light headed
The surgeons and researchers who made this possible are the true hero's of society
I've always wondered. Since hospital helicopters are equipped for patient transport, wouldn't it be safer to transport the recipient to the donor rather than the heart?
Less damage due to anoxia, might mean higher success rate.
Transporting people is more expensive than transporting singular organs
I wonder too, since the operation could be done almost simultaneously at the same facility.
@@abubakarahmedyusuf1901
It requires extreme precision. It’s like trying to draw in an earthquake, but good idea.
@@TivtheDoggo lmao what an example XD u may be right
it cant be happen mostly because each hospital is specialised in certain operations except a few,for instance u cant get a heart and kidney transplant in the same hospital because they are vastly different and need different machines and doctors and trained staff to be performed, so its better to transfer the organs to the specialised hospitals all around the country where patients are waiting for it.
I gotta give respect and love to those who are involved with the surgery especially to the donor
This was very inspiring. Thank you so much!
thanks for the tutorial, ill try this out soon.
insane how much these video teach me compared to school
@Hello there, how are you doing this blessed day?
Me when I’m the first to sleep at the Sleepover:
Please please we need more videos like this
Massive respect to science, scientists and doctors who enable this!
When I was 5, I thought a heart transplant will work like scooping ice creams into someone's body..
What do you mean I thought isn't that true?
@@sherlock5133 soooo apparently that's how it works?
You were 5, don't blame yourself.
Imagine how many trial and errors humans go through before knowing how to transplant a heart. It's scary, and it's not only limited to transplant, everything that is connected to biology and medical aspect like surgeries and medicines. How many sacrifice were made for humans to get where we are now.
Thank you to everyone who knows a heart donor/ plans to become one. You guys are heros.
This is just truly so incredible
This video is proof to take care of your only heart and exercise 😢
A well done video. I had a BLLT (bilateral lung transplant) in Q1 2021; one of around 2500 performed last year in the US, 10% of which were for COVID. I had pulmonary fibrosis, an autoimmune disease similar to Lupus and ALS (it is not smoking related), for which there is no other cure. The science and medicine behind all solid organ transplants is astounding and the surgeons are rock stars; for lung tx they have to perfectly reconnect both blood and airway systems. They can only do it with an amazing team. Most importantly, the donor & family, who gift life at the worst possible time for them. The team for the 9 days of pre-transplant qualification, the team that opens you up (using a clamshell cut, armpit to armpit) and keeps you alive (on ECMO) during your parts exchange, the team that staples and sews you back together and gets the heart and lungs running again, anesthesia and pain management, all of the nurses and techs during recovery in the hospital, and the post transplant team. And all of the brilliant dedicated researchers and those who risked themselves figuring out how to make this work. It is humanity at its very best. I'm very glad for this presentation; thank you.
As a person who had a heart attack 6 years ago I ask: is it worthy to make a so risky procedure just to live for another 5 years luckly enough to make it into 20? I don't know it's worthy enough.
I think it's worth it. Being alive is a blessing... It may be risky, but the innovations that will come after the surgery may find you.
Better make it worth it after all that
When I was a kid my doctors said it would be unlikely I would keep my dad's kidney for more then twenty years. It's been over twenty-five. When I ask my doctors now they say that I could keep even longer. Medicine is always improving.
As a heat transplant recipient, I can assure you I and my family treasure every single day.
For my husband he saw 2 new grand children and 1 graduation, his twin brother died two months before he did but he lived 7 yrs and I would say it was worth it. He performed two weddings and as a Christian chaplain led a few more folks to the Lord. He said every day above ground was worth it and the doctors learn from each patient to help the next... medical students study the data and observe as well so it's worth it in a lot of ways.
My close family member just received a heart in Canada - surgery took four hours, which is amazing. The road ahead is long, but modern medicine is truly incredible.
Wow.. Mind blowing.. All credits to the doctors and the donors..
I assume it must me really hard decision for dinner's family to give up their beloved medication in order to donate their organ. It's absolutely a brave and rewarding action
Dinner? Cannibalism ?
It's incredible that we have the technology to do something like this.
Its not enough. I'm actually kind of disappointed, with all the money the medical industries have, that we don't yet have cutting edge organ surgeries with a near 100% success rate, or manage a way to make the immune system accept the organ faster/easier..
Well, hoping I get to see it in my lifetime. Not like I need it, but I still want to see it.
This video is short enough for me to watch before surgery to know everything! Thanks TedEd!
I wondered how they keep the patient alive while transplanting the heart, now I've got the answer. Nice video!
Educational
It is incredible to imagine that humans came from discovering the fire into discovering medical breakthroughs
Thks for the DIY ted ed, it saved my life!
This is absolutely unbelievable
Had a heart transplant 3 years ago. I’m doing amazing, I’ve had no major problems and I feel like I’m the healthiest I’ve ever been. I’ll always appreciate my donor for saving my life.
The heart won't last forever it says the heart mostly lives for 5 years And isn't a Heart expensive
Heyy, just out of curiosity as someone who is probably going to get a heart transplant soon. How are you if you don’t mind me asking? And what heart condition did you have?
I think they won't live forever Only if they keep doing heart transplant every 5 years
@@OfficialSunsetSky 5 years yes but the most of ppl who do this injury are older than 50 years so it Normal dying but if someone young should pray god and never scared our bodies can do everything some kids are still here with us+this injury developed by time now and before 5years is not the same even if it's less than 6years it's still a good deal i guess who gives you that time to live
@@not_dxrler1954 Which means they have 5 years extra. Can they have a heart transplant every 5 years?
God Is Great, May God Bless you and your families
amazing video with fantastic graphic visuality!!
These are the reasons I am proud to be a part of the humanity.