One of the number one causes of death in America is related to cardiac problems. Doctors evaluate the organ transplant list in order of priority, from the people who need an organ (an heart or a lung) the most to people who need it the least. One of the main reasons as to why the procedure of an organ transplant does not follow through is due to the rate of organ rejection. What happens when a patient is in critical need of an organ and the organ is rejected from the body of the patient?

            This is the problem the research conducted in this paper attempts to address. There are many positive and negative aspects of a heart and lung transplant. The transplant is initially to the patient’s benefit, however decreasing these negative affects will better the efficiency rate of the transplant. If more people become organ donors then the availability for organs in different blood groups will readily increase, thus increasing the chances of survival for those critically desperate patients who need an organ who have rejected a previous transplant.

            Usually heart and or lung patient transplant patients have other issues prior to the transplant or posterior to the transplant. Other issues may include coronary heart disease—which requires bypass surgery—and pulmonary edema. There are different types of procedures in which doctors can perform to better the recovery time for the patient thus making it easier and more efficient for the patient if he or she were to undergo a transplant later on in their life, or even if they had a transplant before.

            The goal of this research is to provide patients with the most efficient and humane surgical experience. This includes decreasing death rates by having more available organs and increasing efficiency by performing the correct surgery under given circumstances.