Rare double transplant keeps life "playing on" for Texas musician
Transplant surgeons recently performed their first heart/liver transplant at UT Southwestern Medical Center – saving the life of a singer/musician from a small Texas town.
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Heart health strongly impacts the health of the liver, lungs, and kidneys – and vice versa – and as a result, these organs sometimes fail together. In these cases, the heart and liver, or one or both lungs or kidneys, can be replaced at the same time with healthy donor organs.
UT Southwestern Medical Center’s surgeons and physicians have a collective wealth of experience in multiple-organ transplantation. Following a multidisciplinary, team-based approach, we work closely with our colleagues from our other specialized transplant programs to ensure comprehensive care.
In 2022, we performed 20 multi-organ transplants affecting the heart.
Andrea Joyner, a 39-year-old patient from East Texas who suffered from a rare genetic metabolic disorder called hemochromatosis, was the recipient of this rare transplant.