Understanding Heart Transplant

As a patient suffering from heart failure, it’s normal to have questions about your treatment options. Vanderbilt Health is here to help you understand your options, including heart transplant.

A heart transplant is a surgical procedure that removes a diseased heart from a person with heart failure and replaces it with a healthy one from an organ donor. Transplantation can be a viable option for people whose heart failure has deteriorated to the point where medications and other surgical options are no longer enough.

Vanderbilt Health has one of the busiest heart transplant programs in the world. We provide access to innovative research and treatments, delivering outstanding results for our patients.

Access Your Treatment Guide Now

If you’ve been living with advanced heart failure and other treatments are no longer working, you may be a candidate for heart transplant. This guide provides the answers to commonly asked questions about heart transplant, giving you the power to make informed decisions about your care.

By downloading our heart transplant guide, you'll learn:

• How you are evaluated for surgery
  
  
• What to expect once you are eligible for surgery
  
  
• Why you should choose Vanderbilt Health for your transplant

Fill out the form to learn more about heart transplant care. We’re here to answer all your questions and help you feel better as soon as possible.