The Houston VA is just the second VA hospital in the nation to perform a heart transplant...
in Richmond, Virginia also performs them on-site rather than at a sister hospital, said Dr. Savitri Fedson, the medical director of the Houston VA's advanced heart failure and transplant program and a professor of medicine and clinical ethics at Baylor College of Medicine., a condition that makes it difficult for the heart to deliver blood to the rest of the body. That led his heart failure, Fedson said.
Graves is looking forward to getting back to his active lifestyle once he recovers, he said in a statement. After his rehab, Graves may be able to return to the activities he loves, like running and hiking, Fedson said. “It is quite possible to go back to a very, very active life after a transplant,” she said., or LVAD, which helps the heart pump blood . A heart transplant is the preferred option for most patients, but some might need an LVAD to “bridge” them to a transplant if a heart doesn’t become available in time, Fedson said.
The Houston VA team worked with him to improve his stamina before his surgery, because the added strength would help him recover afterward. A physical therapist helped him do laps around his hospital wing, which helped him build up enough stamina to walk 300 steps before the operation, Fedson said.
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