This final episode addresses heart and lung transplantation — procedures reserved for end-stage disease where conventional therapy has failed. Listeners are guided through selection criteria, mechanical support bridges, and perioperative management.
The discussion highlights the emotional, ethical, and physiological complexity of cardiothoracic transplantation, including rehabilitation, rejection surveillance, and end-of-life considerations.
This chapter closes the series by framing transplantation as medicine’s most humbling act — where survival depends on science, systems, and shared humanity.
