Heart transplants /
Hoffman, Nancy.
Heart transplants / Nancy Hoffman. - Farmington Hills, MI : Lucent Books, 2003. - 128 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. - Great medical discoveries .
Includes bibliographical references (p. 117-122) and index.
To hold and heal a human heart -- Open-heart surgery -- The first transplant -- Increasing transplant life expectancy -- The artificial heart -- Now and the future.
Discusses the history of man's knowledge of the heart, early heart surgery, and the results, possible complications, costs, and future of heart transplants.
1560069295
Heart--Transplantation--Juvenile literature.
Heart--Transplantation.
Transplantation of organs, tissues, etc.
Heart transplants / Nancy Hoffman. - Farmington Hills, MI : Lucent Books, 2003. - 128 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. - Great medical discoveries .
Includes bibliographical references (p. 117-122) and index.
To hold and heal a human heart -- Open-heart surgery -- The first transplant -- Increasing transplant life expectancy -- The artificial heart -- Now and the future.
Discusses the history of man's knowledge of the heart, early heart surgery, and the results, possible complications, costs, and future of heart transplants.
1560069295
Heart--Transplantation--Juvenile literature.
Heart--Transplantation.
Transplantation of organs, tissues, etc.