Recovery of Heart lung transplant

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The main problems affecting recovery are infection and bleeding immediately after the operation. Next is the problem of rejection. The body recognises the new heart and lungs as foreign tissue and mounts an immune response, trying to destroy them. Immunosuppressant drugs have to be taken for life to prevent this reaction.

Techniques of surgery and new ways to control or prevent rejection are developing all the time, and the results from this operation will continue to improve.