MIAMI, Fla., Oct. 16, 2017 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — December 3, 2017 marks the 50th anniversary of the world\u2019s first human-to-human heart transplant, notes Mark Oristano, author of “Surgeons’ Story\u201d (ISBN: 978-1935953784). South African physician Dr. Christiaan Barnard performed the surgery which astonished the world in Capetown. The patient, 54-year old Louis Washkansky, lived with another person\u2019s heart pumping his blood for 18 days.<\/p>\n
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\nDr. Kristine Guleserian is a pediatric cardiothoracic surgeon at Nicklaus Children\u2019s Hospital in Miami. She says today the heart transplant is a common operation. In fact, as medical research improves, transplantation may become a thing of the past.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe are seeing new techniques in human tissue engineering which may someday make it possible to repair parts of the heart which have been diseased,\u201d Dr. Guleserian says. \u201cOne thing I\u2019ve learned in my years in cardiothoracic surgery is to never say \u2018never.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n
Dr. Guleserian also says there are mechanical advances which are helping patients with severe heart problems live longer before transplantation becomes necessary.<\/p>\n
\u201cNewer ventricular assist devices which help weak hearts pump more efficiently are enabling patients to survive longer as they wait for a donor heart to become available. The truth is that the supply has never kept up with the demand.\u201d<\/p>\n
Dr. Guleserian\u2019s story is shared in the new book, \u201cSURGEON\u2019S STORY,\u201d by Mark Oristano. Her life, education, and career are laid out in detail. The surgeon who has performed more than 160 heart transplants will continue to perform the surgery as needed, while awaiting the next big cardiac breakthrough.<\/p>\n
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\n(To book Dr. Guleserian for interviews around the date of the transplant anniversary, use the contact information for Mark Oristano, found below.)<\/p>\n
About Author Mark Oristano:<\/strong> SUMMARY \u2013 EDITIONS:<\/strong> Authors: Mark Oristano with Kristine Guleserian, MD. MEDIA CONTACT:<\/strong> IMAGES FOR MEDIA: *PHOTO 2: Send2Press.com\/300dpi\/17-0824s2p-surgstory-300dpi.jpg MIAMI, Fla., Oct. 16, 2017 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — December 3, 2017 marks the 50th anniversary of the world’s first human-to-human heart transplant, notes Mark Oristano, author of “Surgeons’ Story” (ISBN: 978-1935953784). South African physician Dr. Christiaan Barnard performed the surgery which astonished the world in Capetown. The patient, 54-year old Louis Washkansky, lived with another person’s heart pumping his blood for 18 days.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7089,"featured_media":29992,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[603,66,37,14,61,407],"tags":[9226,9227],"class_list":["post-29993","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-neurotech-news","category-books-publishing-news","category-entertainment-news","category-florida-news","category-health-medical-news","category-miami-news","tag-authority-publishing","tag-kristine-guleserian-md","has-post-title","has-post-date","no-post-category","no-post-tag","no-post-comment","has-post-author"],"acf":[],"views":6937,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.send2press.com\/wire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29993","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.send2press.com\/wire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.send2press.com\/wire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.send2press.com\/wire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7089"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.send2press.com\/wire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=29993"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.send2press.com\/wire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29993\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.send2press.com\/wire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/29992"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.send2press.com\/wire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=29993"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.send2press.com\/wire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=29993"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.send2press.com\/wire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=29993"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nMark Oristano is an author\/journalist in Dallas, Texas. He spent a 30-year broadcasting career calling NFL football games for the Houston Oilers and Dallas Cowboys. He is a longtime volunteer at Children\u2019s Medical Center, Dallas, where he spent five years shadowing Dr. Kristine Guleserian for his new book, \u201cSurgeon\u2019s Story.\u201d<\/p>\n
\n\u201cSurgeon\u2019s Story\u201d Kindle edition: B06XRDKMFS.
\n\u201cSurgeon\u2019s Story\u201d hardcover \u2013 ISBN: 978-1935953784.
\n\u201cSurgeon\u2019s Story\u201d paperback \u2013 ISBN: 978-1935953777.<\/p>\n
\nPublisher: Authority Publishing.<\/p>\n
\nFor review copies, or to schedule interviews with the authors, contact:
\nMark Oristano
\n214-546-3794
\nmark@oristano.net<\/p>\n
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\n*Caption 1: Dr. Kristine Guleserian (L) sews a new heart in to a two-year girl, one of over 160 transplants she has performed in her distinguished career.<\/p>\n
\n*Caption 2: Book jacket, \u201cSurgeon\u2019s Story\u201d by Dr. Guleserian and Mark Oristano.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"