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1,549 hearts successfully transplanted in 35 years
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SALT LAKE CITY Gerold Orfanos has always been full of energy, so when he sat still long enough to watch a full-length movie, his mom knew something was wrong.
“I thought, ‘This is not our kid,’” said Amanda Orfanos, who originally thought then-2-year-old Gerold was dehydrated.
A resulting chest X-ray eventually deemed that it was much worse Gerold had dilated cardiomyopathy and would need a heart transplant to survive.
“He would not be here today without the care he received,” Orfanos, who lives in Las Vegas, said.
UTAH (Utah Affiliated Transplant Hospitals) Cardiac Transplant Program – a unique collaborative transplant group
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Patients, family members, clinicians, and other caregivers, joined together Wednesday to celebrate the 35th anniversary of the nationally-leading transplant program –- and an amazing 1,549 heart transplants performed in more than three decades of saving lives for patients in Utah and throughout the Intermountain West.
The UTAH Cardiac Transplant Program is one of the most successful collaborative heart transplant programs in the nation and is frequently cited as a model for other transplant programs.
The UTAH Cardiac Transplant Program surgeons have performed 1,549 successful heart transplants since its first cardiac transplant in 1985 at University of Utah Hospital.
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I thought, This is not our kid, said Amanda Orfanos, who originally thought then-2-year-old Gerold was dehydrated.
A resulting chest X-ray eventually deemed that it was much worse Gerold had dilated cardiomyopathy and would need a heart transplant to survive. He would not be here today without the care he received, Orfanos, who lives in Las Vegas, said.
The young boy s transplant ended up being one of 1,549 lifesaving heart transplants performed in Utah by the Utah Transplant Affiliated Hospitals Cardiac Transplant Program in the past 35 years.
The unique program, which includes includes Intermountain Healthcare, University of Utah Health and the George E. Wahlen Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Salt Lake City, is one of the most successful transplant programs in the nation and is the only one of its kind in the Intermountain West.