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TAMPA, Fla., March 17, 2021 /PRNewswire/ Tampa General Hospital is first in Tampa Bay and first in West Florida to successfully perform a combined heart and liver transplant on a patient with end-stage heart and liver disease. The patient is 56-year-old Justine Gant, who suffers from both severe heart and liver disease.
His conditions were so critical that he needed a transplant for both organs.
Dr. Kiran Dhanireddy, from left, Dr. Vijay Subramanian and Dr. Lucian Lozonschi complete the first combined heart-liver transplant at Tampa General Hospital on March 10, 2021.
(PRNewsfoto/Tampa General Hospital) Mr. Gant s case is unique because his heart and liver disease are not connected. Typically, the heart impacts the liver or the liver disease impacts the heart, but he had two separate conditions, said Dr. Debbie Rinde-Hoffman, a Tampa General Hospital cardiologist and medical director of advanced heart failure. Rinde-Hoffman oversaw Gan
Tampa General Hospital Marks Record Year in Transplant, Rising in Rank to 6th Busiest Center in the Nation, and 3rd Nationally for Kidney Transplant
The transplant team at Tampa General Hospital performed 611 organ transplants in 2020, eclipsing the hospital s previous total and making it the sixth busiest transplant center in the nation.
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TAMPA, Fla., March 10, 2021 /PRNewswire/ Tampa General Hospital, a 1007-bed academic medical center, is proud to be ranked the 6
th busiest transplant center in the nation and 3
rd nationally for kidney transplants. In 2020
, 611 solid organ transplants were performed at Tampa General, the largest number ever performed in the hospital s history.
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