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Heart Transplant
Innovation, compassion and leading-edge heart expertise, right here in Greater Cincinnati.
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Heart transplant patients need extraordinary options and exceptional care nearby, not hours away. As the first and most experienced adult heart transplant program in Greater Cincinnati and Northern Kentucky, we’ve committed our life’s work to delivering renowned heart disease treatments, from LVADs to heart transplants. We are top ranked program for patient outcomes. It’s all part of our passion to improve heart transplants and cardiovascular health in patients, not just here, but all over the world.
Our Providers
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Conditions We Treat
With research and experience, we’re helping patients like you overcome complex heart conditions every day.
- Abnormalities in the Heart Valves
- Advanced Heart Failure
- Congestive Heart Failure
- Coronary Artery Disease
- Dilated Cardiomyopathy
- Heart-Damaging Toxins
- Heart Injury
- Hypertension
- Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy
- Restrictive Cardiomyopathy
- Ventricular Arrhythmias
Your Heart, Our Expertise
Your health deserves both world-renowned experts and the support system you can only find at home in Greater Cincinnati. With UC Health, you'll find both.
Our Treatments
TRIMS Metabolic Surgery Program
Transplants Made Possible For Overweight Patients
Weight shouldn’t be a barrier to transplantation, so we founded the Transplant-Related Interdisciplinary Metabolic Surgery, or TRIMS, program. One surgeon and one team coordinate both a gastric procedure for weight loss and a transplant, increasing the chance for a successful transplant.
Our Unique Approach
Your Care Team at Work
Advancements in science transform medicine
Greater Cincinnati's first adult heart transplant program
Top Ranked in patient outcomes
Waitlist mortality above national benchmarks
INNOVATION AND FACTS
Every patient is our most important patient.
Patient Stories
Boundless Heart Care: A Heart Transplant Recipient’s Journey to a Second Chance at Life
This Heart Month, we celebrate patients like Dave Lewis, a heart transplant recipient who says he’s forever grateful for a heart transplant and a second chance, crediting the love and incredible care he received from the UC Health team.
Heart Transplant News
Boundless Heart Care: A Heart Transplant Recipient’s Journey to a Second Chance at Life