Heart Transplants (Hansard, 25 June 2002)

HC Deb 25 June 2002 vol 387 c857W 857W

§ Mr. Vaz
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many people had heart transplants in the United Kingdom in 2001. [63473]

§ Mr. Lammy
The total numbers of heart transplants performed in the United Kingdom in 2001 are listed in the table.

Number

Cadaveric heart 156

Domino heart¹ 10

Heart/lung 32

Kidney/heart 4

Heart/liver 1

Liver and heart/lung 1

¹ A "domino" transplant is when one person has both heart and lungs transplanted for lung disease and their original heart is transplanted into another person.

	Number
Cadaveric heart	156
Domino heart¹	10
Heart/lung	32
Kidney/heart	4
Heart/liver	1
Liver and heart/lung	1
¹ A "domino" transplant is when one person has both heart and lungs transplanted for lung disease and their original heart is transplanted into another person.