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How is the new heart started after transplantation? Once sewn in and perfused with blood, most hearts resume a regular beat and contraction on their own, although the new heart usually requires support with medication for a while. What is the life expectancy of a heart transplant recipient? Approximately half of heart transplant recipients are alive at 10 years post transplant. What would disqualify someone from being a heart donor? The absence of the following conditions are the suggested criteria for cardiac donors: prolonged cardiac arrest; prolonged severe hypotension
Barring that, however, successful heart transplants can extend life by several years. Some 88 percent of patients will live a year after transplant surgery, 80 percent live at least two years, 75 percent will live for five, and 56 percent of patients will have their lives extended by 10 years.uch ado has been made about Cheney receiving a heart transplant at age 71, but such transplants do occur occasionally. There is no legal cutoff at age 70, and people over 70 tend to do as well as their younger counterparts after a heart transplant.