Turn on more accessible mode

Turn off more accessible mode

Skip Ribbon Commands

Skip to main content

Turn off Animations

Turn on Animations

Heart Transplant

Heart Transplant - Symptoms

Heart Transplant - How to prevent?

Heart Transplant - Causes and Risk Factors

Heart Transplant - Diagnosis

Who needs a heart transplant?

Patients suffering from end-stage heart failure where their condition cannot be relieved by conventional medical or surgical treatment may need a heart transplant.

Who is eligible for a heart transplant?

Patients suffering from end-stage heart disease and under the age of 60 are the most likely candidates for a heart transplant. The doctor, patient and family must address the following four basic questions to deter¬mine whether a transplant should be considered:

Have all other therapies been tried or ruled out?
Is the patient likely to die without the transplant?
Is the person in generally good health other than suffering from heart disease?
Can the patient adhere to the lifestyle changes which include complex drug treatments and frequent examinations - required after a transplant?

Patients who do not meet the above criteria or suffer from other conditions, such as other severe diseases, active infections or severe obesity, are not suitable candidates for a heart transplant.

Heart Transplant - Treatments

Heart Transplant - Preparing for surgery

Cardiothoracic Surgery,

Lung Transplant

Article contributed by Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, National Heart Centre Singapore

The information provided is not intended as medical advice. Terms of use. Information provided by SingHealth

SingHealth

TOP

[{"SHPageId":"570","BodyPart":"#Heart#","BodyPartLst":["heart"],"Institution":null,"SHDoctorConditionsTreatments":"#Heart Failure#, #Echocardiogram#, #Cardiovascular Disease#, #Chest Pain#, #Heart Transplant#","SHDoctorConditionsTreatmentsLst":["heart failure","echocardiogram","cardiovascular disease","chest pain","heart transplant"],"SHDoctorAwards":null,"SHDoctorAwardsFullHtml":null,"SHDoctorClinicalDesgDisp":"Senior Consultant","SHDoctorClinicalDesgInstText":"48d80a29-eabe-421e-aa61-202648168f9e|6a115828-2721-4036-9153-7d0eb7b6303f;Senior Consultant|6a115828-2721-4036-9153-7d0eb7b6303f;48d80a29-eabe-421e-aa61-202648168f9e|2db248c4-2112-4fcf-a07d-d2fdf93f21ce;Senior Consultant|2db248c4-2112-4fcf-a07d-d2fdf93f21ce;","ListSHDoctorClinicalDesgInst":[{"ClinicalDesgName":"Senior Consultant","ClinicalDesgId":"48d80a29-eabe-421e-aa61-202648168f9e","ClinicalDesgInst":"Sengkang General Hospital","ClinicalDesgInstId":"2db248c4-2112-4fcf-a07d-d2fdf93f21ce"}],"ListSHDoctorClinicalDesg":null,"SHDoctorClinicalDesgInstFirst":"Senior Consultant","SHDoctorAltDesgDisp":"","SHDoctorEducation":null,"SHDoctorEducationFullHtml":null,"SHDoctorProfile":null,"SHDoctorProfileFullHtml":null,"SHDoctorResearchInterests":"","SHDoctorResearchInterestsFullHtml":null,"SHDoctorResearchTrials":null,"SHDoctorResearchTrialsFullHtml":null,"SHDoctorProfAppointments":null,"SHDoctorProfAppointmentsFullHtml":"\u003cul\u003e\u003cli\u003eMember, SingHealth Intensive Care Unit Committee\u003c/li\u003e\u003cli\u003eCardiology Lead, Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation Committee\u0026#160;\u0026#160;\u0026#160;\u0026#160;\u0026#160;\u0026#160;\u0026#160;\u0026#160;\u003c/li\u003e\u003cli\u003eMember, Singapore General Hospital Campus Code Blue Workgroup\u003c/li\u003e\u003cli\u003eMember, Campus-Wide Early Warning System Workgroup \u0026#160;\u0026#160;\u0026#160;\u0026#160;\u0026#160;\u0026#160;\u0026#160;\u0026#160;\u003c/li\u003e\u003cli\u003eMember, Clinical Alarms Committee\u003c/li\u003e\u003cli\u003eMember, Heart Transplant and Mechanical Circulatory Support Committee\u003c/li\u003e\u003cli\u003eMember, Organ Donation Oversight Committee\u003c/li\u003e\u003cli\u003eMember, Singhealth Duke-NUS Medical Humanities Institute\u003c/li\u003e\u003cli\u003eMember, Council of Singhealth Ethics Network\u0026#160;\u0026#160;\u0026#160;\u0026#160;\u0026#160;\u0026#160;\u0026#160;\u0026#160;\u003c/li\u003e\u003cli\u003eNHCS Clinical Lead, Singhealth Duke-NUS Supportive \u0026amp; Palliative Care Centre\u003c/li\u003e\u003cli\u003eMember, Faculty \u0026amp; Professional Development Executive Committee \u0026#160;\u0026#160;\u0026#160;\u0026#160;\u0026#160;\u0026#160;\u0026#160;\u003c/li\u003e\u003cli\u003eMember, Clinical Review Programme Committee\u0026#160;\u003c/li\u003e\u003cli\u003eMember, Quality Improvement Project Evaluation Committee\u003c/li\u003e\u003cli\u003eMember, National Heart Centre Singapore Fundraising Steering Committee\u003c/li\u003e\u003cli\u003eHeart Failure Society Singapore, Education Subcommittee\u003cbr\u003e\u003c/li\u003e\u003cli\u003eCenter for Medical Ethics \u0026amp; Professionalism, Singapore Medical Association Faculty\u003cbr\u003e\u003c/li\u003e\u003c/ul\u003e","SHDoctorPublications":null,"SHDoctorPublicationsFullHtml":null,"SHQualification":null,"SHQualificationFullHTML":"BA, MB BCh BAO (Hons) (Ireland), MRCP (Ireland), MRCP (UK), ASCeXAM (Testamur),\u0026#160;GDip (Pall Med), FAMS (Cardiology)","SHDoctorThumbnailPhotoRender":"/sites/shcommonassets/Assets/doctors/portrait-photos/2024/NHCS/JulianL_2024_210px.jpg","SHDoctorThumbnailPhoto":{"ImageUrl":"/sites/shcommonassets/Assets/doctors/thumbnail-photos/2024/NHCS/JulianL_2024_199px.jpg","Hyperlink":"","OpenHyperlinkInNewWindow":false,"Alignment":"","AlternateText":"Dr Julian Loh","BorderWidth":0,"Height":0,"HorizontalSpacing":0,"VerticalSpacing":0,"Width":0},"SHDoctorThumbnailPhotoUrl":{"Url":"http://authoring.sppub.healthgrp.com.sg/sites/shcommonassets/Assets/doctors/thumbnail-photos/2024/NHCS/JulianL_2024_199px.jpg","Description":"Dr Julian Loh"},"SHDoctorPortraitPhoto":{"ImageUrl":"/sites/shcommonassets/Assets/doctors/portrait-photos/2024/NHCS/JulianL_2024_210px.jpg","Hyperlink":"","OpenHyperlinkInNewWindow":false,"Alignment":"","AlternateText":"Dr Julian Loh","BorderWidth":0,"Height":0,"HorizontalSpacing":0,"VerticalSpacing":0,"Width":0},"SHDoctorPortraitPhotoUrl":{"Url":"http://authoring.sppub.healthgrp.com.sg/sites/shcommonassets/Assets/doctors/portrait-photos/2024/NHCS/JulianL_2024_210px.jpg","Description":"Dr Julian Loh"},"Email":"","SHDoctorRole":"Doctor;#Researcher;#","SHDoctorSalutation":"Clin Asst Prof","SHDoctorFirstName":"Xingyuan Julian Kenrick","SHDoctorLastName":"Loh","SHDoctorOtherName":"","SHDoctorHideProfile":false,"SHDoctorPrimarySpecialty":"Cardiology","SHDepartmentLink":null,"SHSpecialtyLink":null,"SHSubSpecialtyLink":null,"ListDoctorAcademic":null,"ListDoctorClinical":[{"SHDoctorClinAppPageItemId":"570","SHDoctorCorporateDesg":"","SHDoctorClinicalAltDesgText":null,"SHDoctorClinicalDesg":"Senior Consultant","SHDoctorClinicalInst":"Sengkang General Hospital","SHDoctorClinicalInstLogo":{"Url":"http://authoring.sppub.healthgrp.com.sg/_catalogs/masterpage/HealthXChange/images/logos/SKH-logo.jpg","Description":"/_catalogs/masterpage/HealthXChange/images/logos/SKH-logo.jpg"},"SHDoctorClinicalInstUrl":{"Url":"https://www.skh.com.sg/","Description":"https://www.skh.com.sg/"},"SHDoctorClinicalDept":"NHCS Cardiology @ SKH","SHDoctorClinicalDeptLogo":null,"SHDoctorClinicalDeptUrl":null,"SHDoctorClnicApptsFURL":"loh-xingyuan-julian-kenrick","SHDoctorClinicalDisplayOrder":3},{"SHDoctorClinAppPageItemId":"570","SHDoctorCorporateDesg":"","SHDoctorClinicalAltDesgText":null,"SHDoctorClinicalDesg":"Senior Consultant","SHDoctorClinicalInst":"National Heart Centre Singapore","SHDoctorClinicalInstLogo":{"Url":"http://authoring.sppub.healthgrp.com.sg/_catalogs/masterpage/HealthXChange/images/logos/NHCS-logo.jpg","Description":"/_catalogs/masterpage/HealthXChange/images/logos/NHCS-logo.jpg"},"SHDoctorClinicalInstUrl":{"Url":"http://www.nhcs.com.sg","Description":"http://www.nhcs.com.sg"},"SHDoctorClinicalDept":"Department of Cardiology","SHDoctorClinicalDeptLogo":{"Url":"http://authoring.sppub.healthgrp.com.sg/_catalogs/masterpage/HealthXChange/images/logos/NHCS-logo.jpg","Description":"/_catalogs/masterpage/HealthXChange/images/logos/NHCS-logo.jpg"},"SHDoctorClinicalDeptUrl":{"Url":"https://www.nhcs.com.sg/patientcare/clinicalspecialtiesservices/cardiology/Pages/Home.aspx","Description":"https://www.nhcs.com.sg/patientcare/clinicalspecialtiesservices/cardiology/Pages/Home.aspx"},"SHDoctorClnicApptsFURL":"loh-xingyuan-julian-kenrick","SHDoctorClinicalDisplayOrder":1},{"SHDoctorClinAppPageItemId":"570","SHDoctorCorporateDesg":"","SHDoctorClinicalAltDesgText":"Director of Coronary Care Unit","SHDoctorClinicalDesg":"","SHDoctorClinicalInst":"National Heart Centre Singapore","SHDoctorClinicalInstLogo":{"Url":"http://authoring.sppub.healthgrp.com.sg/_catalogs/masterpage/HealthXChange/images/logos/NHCS-logo.jpg","Description":"/_catalogs/masterpage/HealthXChange/images/logos/NHCS-logo.jpg"},"SHDoctorClinicalInstUrl":{"Url":"http://www.nhcs.com.sg","Description":"http://www.nhcs.com.sg"},"SHDoctorClinicalDept":"","SHDoctorClinicalDeptLogo":null,"SHDoctorClinicalDeptUrl":null,"SHDoctorClnicApptsFURL":"loh-xingyuan-julian-kenrick","SHDoctorClinicalDisplayOrder":2}],"ListDoctorSpecialty":[{"SHSpecialtyLink":"Cardiology","SHSubSpecialtyLink":"Heart Failure","SHSpecialtyLinkDisplayOrder":1,"SHDoctorSpecPageItemId":"570","SHDoctorSpecialityFURL":"loh-xingyuan-julian-kenrick"},{"SHSpecialtyLink":"Cardiology","SHSubSpecialtyLink":"Echocardiography","SHSpecialtyLinkDisplayOrder":3,"SHDoctorSpecPageItemId":"570","SHDoctorSpecialityFURL":"loh-xingyuan-julian-kenrick"},{"SHSpecialtyLink":"Cardiology","SHSubSpecialtyLink":"Heart Transplant","SHSpecialtyLinkDisplayOrder":2,"SHDoctorSpecPageItemId":"570","SHDoctorSpecialityFURL":"loh-xingyuan-julian-kenrick"}],"ListDoctorInstitution":[{"SHDepartmentLink":"#Department of Cardiology#","SHDepartmentLogoLink":{"Url":"http://authoring.sppub.healthgrp.com.sg/_catalogs/masterpage/HealthXChange/images/logos/NHCS-logo.jpg","Description":"/_catalogs/masterpage/HealthXChange/images/logos/NHCS-logo.jpg"},"SHDepartmentUrlLink":{"Url":"https://www.nhcs.com.sg/patientcare/clinicalspecialtiesservices/cardiology/Pages/Home.aspx","Description":"https://www.nhcs.com.sg/patientcare/clinicalspecialtiesservices/cardiology/Pages/Home.aspx"},"SHInstitutionLink":"#National Heart Centre Singapore#","SHInstitutionLogoLink":{"Url":"http://authoring.sppub.healthgrp.com.sg/_catalogs/masterpage/HealthXChange/images/logos/NHCS-logo.jpg","Description":"/_catalogs/masterpage/HealthXChange/images/logos/NHCS-logo.jpg"},"SHInstitutionUrlLink":{"Url":"http://www.nhcs.com.sg","Description":"http://www.nhcs.com.sg"},"SHInstLinkDisplayOrder":1,"SHDoctorInstPageItemId":"570","SHDoctorInstitutionFURL":"loh-xingyuan-julian-kenrick"},{"SHDepartmentLink":"#NHCS Cardiology @ SKH#","SHDepartmentLogoLink":null,"SHDepartmentUrlLink":null,"SHInstitutionLink":"#Sengkang General Hospital#","SHInstitutionLogoLink":{"Url":"http://authoring.sppub.healthgrp.com.sg/_catalogs/masterpage/HealthXChange/images/logos/SKH-logo.jpg","Description":"/_catalogs/masterpage/HealthXChange/images/logos/SKH-logo.jpg"},"SHInstitutionUrlLink":{"Url":"http://www.sengkanghealth.com.sg/","Description":"http://www.sengkanghealth.com.sg/"},"SHInstLinkDisplayOrder":2,"SHDoctorInstPageItemId":"570","SHDoctorInstitutionFURL":"loh-xingyuan-julian-kenrick"}],"DoctorProfileInstitutionString":null,"DoctorProfileDepartmentString":null,"DoctorProfileSpecialtyString":null,"DoctorProfileSubSpecialtyString":null,"ListDoctorResearchAppointment":[],"DoctorResearchAppointmentItem":null,"StartDate":"\/Date(-62135596800000)\/","Path":"/profile/loh-xingyuan-julian-kenrick","LastUpdatedOn":"\/Date(-62135596800000)\/","LastUpdatedOnString":null,"SHDoctorAcademicProgLogo":null,"SHDoctorAcademicProgURL":null,"SHContentTagType":null,"SingHealthInstitution":"","SingHealthSpecialty":"","TypeOfContent":null,"DoctorFriendlyUrl":"loh-xingyuan-julian-kenrick","DoctorSpecialtyFriendlyUrl":null,"SHDoctorResearchEmail":null}]

Discover articles,videos, and guides afrom Singhealth's resources across the web. These information are collated, making healthy living much easier for everyone.

Understanding Chest Pain

Understanding Chest Pain

Super Foods Good for Your Heart

Super Foods Good for Your Heart

Exercises for Cardiac Patients (Sitting)

Exercises for Cardiac Patients (Sitting)

Exercises for Cardiac Patients (Standing)

Exercises for Cardiac Patients (Standing)