Heart Transplant
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![Transplant patient Nick Mitchell](/-/media/images/blog/2024/06/mitchell-nick-thumbnail.jpg?mw=304&h=190&w=304&la=en&hash=8DA5929DB0DB58D1E4A34A75151946AC)
Transplant Technology Preserves Donor Hearts to Save More Lives
UH is using new transplant technology to preserve donor hearts outside the body, widening the pool of available hearts for transplant and saving lives.
![Dr. Abu-Omar and Lynn Ulatowski in the hospital.](/-/media/images/blog/2020/09/transplant-ulatowski-abu-omar_blog-thumbnail.jpg?mw=304&h=190&w=304&la=en&hash=151CA8A3EB80CF82895F03AE9183F19F)
Patient With Advanced Heart Disease Finds New Hope From Heart Transplant
Lynn was diagnosed with arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy, a progressive heart disease. Lynn’s mother died from heart disease in her 40s when Lynn was just a teenager. Lynn, 45, didn’t want to leave her own teenager without a mother.
![Mary Rose Sessler stands with UH team members who performed her heart-lung transplant](/-/media/images/blog/2019/05/sessler-mary-rose-blog-thumbnail.jpg?mw=304&h=190&w=304&la=en&hash=1920618A071828A11877263E16F61C0C)
Celebrating Life: 37-Year-Old Woman Receives Heart-Lung Transplant
Little victories – like simply going to the grocery store – are celebrated as part of patient’s second chance at life.
![John Matrorell](/-/media/images/blog/2018/09/matrorell-john-blog-thumbnail.jpg?mw=304&h=190&w=304&la=en&hash=E36946D612FB9E89EEA789E757E71019)
Living With a New Heart
John had his heart transplant at University Hospitals. He loves spending time with his family and having parties. His step daughter is a nurse in the CICU at UH.
![Larry Sekula poses with Michael Zacharias, DO](/-/media/images/blog/2016/12/sekula-larry-blog-thumbnail.jpg?mw=304&h=190&w=304&la=en&hash=B55B8FA21C02C6BB2F2D3B1E714EE746)
Heart Transplant Gives Man a Second Chance at Life
After a decade of treatments for serious heart issues, 68-year-old Larry Sekula had run out of options - he needed a new heart. And, just 19 days after being placed on the UH transplant list, he got one.