How does heart transplant surgery work? - Roni Shanoada
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Your heart beats more than 100,000 times a day. In just a minute, it pumps over five liters of blood throughout your body. But unlike skin and bones, the heart has a limited ability to repair itself. So if this organ is severely damaged, there’s often only one medical solution: replacing it. Roni Shanoada explores how this complex and intricate procedure works.
There is a major shortage of organs available for transplant, causing patients to have to wait years before they can receive one. What are some ways we can increase available organs and reduce wait times for transplantation?
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Meet The Creators
- Educator Roni Shanoada
- Director Alexia Roider, Zedem Media
- Narrator Addison Anderson
- Storyboard Artist Jeanne Bornet
- Animator Eleni Catherine Demetriou
- Art Director Jeanne Bornet
- Sound Designer Andreas Trachonitis
- Director of Production Gerta Xhelo
- Producer Anna Bechtol
- Associate Producer Abdallah Ewis
- Editorial Director Alex Rosenthal
- Editorial Producer Dan Kwartler
- Script Editor Alex Gendler
