| News From Transplant Week of Feb. 24, 2002 / Vol. 3 No. 8 |
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New Mexico Heart Transplant Program Closing |
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New Mexico's only heart transplant program at Presbyterian Hospital in Albuquerque is closing after 15 years as a result of declining demand, according to hospital officials. "The volume in our heart transplant program has been declining for the last five years," said Dr. Paul Cochran, medical director of the Presbyterian Heart Program. "It was better now to make a proactive move than wait until we had a bad outcome." While doctors at one point were performing eight to 10 heart transplants a year, the number fell to four in 1999, four in 2000 and one in 2001. The University
of New Mexico Hospital ended its liver transplant program, also
the only one in the state, in July 2000. That leaves kidneys as
the only organ that can have transplanted in New Mexico. Other
sources: Albuquerque Journal |
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