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Tampa General is one of 100 hospitals nationally, and the only hospital in the Tampa Bay region, recognized for excellence in heart and vascular care. ....
Doctors at Tampa General Hospital saved 50 lives with heart transplants last year, ranking the hospital 22nd for most heart transplants in the country. ....
/PRNewswire/ Tampa General Hospital (TGH) and the USF Health Morsani College of Medicine reached a milestone earlier this year with its 1,500th adult heart. ....
Share this article Share this article TAMPA, Fla., March 17, 2021 /PRNewswire/ Tampa General Hospital is first in Tampa Bay and first in West Florida to successfully perform a combined heart and liver transplant on a patient with end-stage heart and liver disease. The patient is 56-year-old Justine Gant, who suffers from both severe heart and liver disease. His conditions were so critical that he needed a transplant for both organs. Dr. Kiran Dhanireddy, from left, Dr. Vijay Subramanian and Dr. Lucian Lozonschi complete the first combined heart-liver transplant at Tampa General Hospital on March 10, 2021. (PRNewsfoto/Tampa General Hospital) Mr. Gant s case is unique because his heart and liver disease are not connected. Typically, the heart impacts the liver or the liver disease impacts the heart, but he had two separate conditions, said Dr. Debbie Rinde-Hoffman, a Tampa General Hospital cardiologist and medical director of advanced heart failure. Rind ....