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Candidates for transplantation must be healthy enough to go through the surgery. Because heart risks are one of the primary hurdles to transplantation, optimizing your heart health is key to getting and maintaining a transplant.<\/p>\n
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Your nephrologist can refer you to a transplant center in DC, Maryland<\/a> or Virginia<\/a>. The center will evaluate you. \u00a0Once you pass all testing, you will be placed on the transplant waitlist, or, if there is a living donor, you may proceed to transplant.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Kidneys used for transplantation come from living donors or from deceased donors.\u00a0 Living donors can be related to the recipient or can be any person willing to donate. Living donors do not have to match the blood type of the recipients.\u00a0 Decease donor kidneys come from people who have recently died. 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