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Nicklaus Children's Hospital

Nicklaus Children's Hospital
3100 S.W. 62nd Avenue
Miami, Florida 33155
(305) 666-6511 or toll-free 1-800-432-6837
Physician referral: 1-888-MCH-DOCS
Email: info@nicklaushealth.org


Dictionary: Heart Transplant

Heart transplant: A heart transplant is a surgery where doctors remove a person's sick heart and replace it with a healthy donor heart. Doctors decide to do a heart transplant when a heart condition can't be improved with medicines or surgery.