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WHO GETS THE HEART?

Daniela Acevedo Castillo
José Manuel Solís Bulos

RANKING
1. MARTHA ROSALES
•. SHOULD: She has the perfect age, she has to take care of three kids.
•. SHOULDN’T: Other people need it more.
2. LEONID GROMYKOVITCH
•. SHOULD: He is an important person in the U.S. government, he is the only one taking care of his kids. •. SHOULDN’T: He is a little bit old for the heart.

3. SOOHAN KIM
• SHOULD: He has an entire life to live.
• SHOULDN’T: There are people who have children and need it more.
4. GALIA FEINSTEIN
• SHOULD: She hasn´t problems in her kidneys so she can receive the heart.
• SHOULDN´T: She has a husband to take care of her daughter.
5. ALICIA FAGAN
• SHOULD: She could take care of her twin’s daughter. • SHOULDN’T: She would need more than a heart to

6. PETER JACOBSEN
• SHOULD: He is leading scientist in the world.
• SHOULDN’T: He is too old, and also, the disease is in his DNA.
7. AMEGNEZA EDORTH
• SHOULD: He deserves the heart just like anyone else. • SHOULDN’T: She has already live her life, she is too old.

HEART TRANSPLANT
• A heart transplant is a surgery which consists on removing a damaged or diseased heart and replace it with a healthy donor heart. • Finding a donor heart can be difficult. The heart must be donated by someone who is braindead but is still on life support.
The donor heart must be matched as closely as possible to your tissue type to reduce the chance that your body will reject it.

Heart transplant surgery may not be used in patients who:









Are malnourished
Are older than age 55 to 60
Have had a severe stroke or dementia
Have had cancer
Have HIV infection
Have infections, such as hepatitis, that are active
Have insulin-dependent diabetes and other organs that aren't working correctly
• Have kidney, lung, nerve, or liver disease
• Have no family support and do not follow their treatment
• Have other diseases that affect the blood vessels of the neck and leg

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