Nearly 50 years ago, when Ochsner surgeons performed the first heart transplant in Louisiana, it was considered an experimental surgery. Today, heart transplants are the third-most common organ transplant operation in the United States. Here at the Ochsner Transplant Institute, approximately 25 patients receive new hearts every year.
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