• Heart failure patients

• Patients requiring heart transplantation

• Post-transplant heart care patients

Long-lasting pulse - the team that pursues excellence in heart transplantation. Established heart failure and cardiac transplantation special clinic in 2005, becoming the earliest medical center in Yunlin, Chiayi, and Tainan regions to establish such a clinic, and the medical center with the most heart transplant cases outside Taipei.

• Sound equipment and expanded care: Equipped with mechanical assist devices needed in late heart failure stages, establishing cardiac failure referral and transfer mechanism in Yunlin, Chiayi, and Tainan regions

• Simplified procedures and comprehensive follow-up: First in Taiwan to perform outpatient myocardial biopsy, allowing patients to return home or work immediately after examination, increasing patient and family cooperation

• Rebuild life and return to work: Encouraging return to work or providing employment assistance

• Total 72 heart transplant patients (2005/12/1-2024/9/30)

• Status 1A patients: 45 cases (62.5%)

• Status 1B patients: 6 cases (8.3%)

• Status 2 patients: 21 cases (29.2%)

• Became the medical center with the most heart transplant cases outside Taipei

• Developed heart transplant patient survival rate tracking data

• Established data on freedom from coronary artery vasculopathy post-transplantation

• Established quality management mechanisms

• Developed standard operating procedures and care guidelines

• Cross-team integrated care mechanisms ensuring patient safety

• Patients express gratitude to the team through cards

• Quantified patient satisfaction survey currently unavailable

• Published 15 heart transplant research papers (2008-2024)

• Papers covering infection control, optimization of immunosuppressive therapy, stem cell therapy, and gene therapy

• 5 presentations at international conferences covering heart transplantation, extracorporeal membrane oxygenation support, and primary graft dysfunction

• International impact factor (IF) range: 1.014-38.637

• Multiple publications in top transplant specialty journals

• Established cardiac failure referral and transfer mechanism in Yunlin, Chiayi, and Tainan regions, expanding service coverage

• Pioneered outpatient myocardial biopsy, improving patient cooperation and quality of life

• Promoted heart transplant patients' return to work, enhancing social reintegration

• Team members regularly participate in international academic conferences and training, continuously improving medical standards

• Invited international experts for lectures, promoting international cooperation and knowledge transfer