A heart- lung transplant is described as a procedure that is performed surgically to remove one or both affected organs from a patient and use fresh ones from another patient to replace them. Deceased organ donors make up for most of the transplanted body organs. This type of operation is mostly referred to as a cadaveric transplant. Healthy, adults who can make a good match for the patient organ may be able to lobe or donate one of their lungs. This type of operation is commonly known as a living transplant. Donors can live healthy even with just one of their organs removed.

Medically the conditions that may allow for an operation to occur include; CF or (severe cystic fibrosis) a disease that is inherited, mostly characterized by mucus and sweat glands having abnormalities. COPD (chronic obstructive pulmonary disease) or Bronchopulmonary dysplasia, arteries of the lungs having increased pressure, pulmonary hypertension, heart defects or heart disease that affect the lungs. Scarring of the lungs and pulmonary fibrosis may need a lung-heart transplant. Other conditions that may cause severe damage to the lungs include; lymphangioleiomyomatosis or histiocytosis.

Some of the most well-known web-site that address the current status of heart-lung transplants include the BHF or the (British Heart Foundation) which is a British based charity organization that funds, education, research, awareness and care campaigns aimed at preventing human related heart diseases. Across the UK, it has over 950 health care professionals caring for patients. The British Heart Foundation in 2013 had an accumulative income of over 133 million pounds. Annually they approximate that in every 145 babies in the UK at least one is born with a congenital heart defect. Critics of the organization have stated that it is one of the four that is a focus to a national boycott campaign concerning their use of animals as attest subjects.

The (AHA) American Heart Association is an American based non-profit organization that nurtures appropriate cardiac care in an attempt to lessen deaths and disabilities caused by stroke and cardiovascular disease. In 1994, an industrial publication named the Chronicle of Philanthropy, released the findings of the largest study of non-profit and charitable organizations credibility and popularity. The analysis highlighted that the AHA ranked as the fifth most popular non-profit/charity in the United States of over 100 charities analyzed with 95 % of the age 12 Americans choosing like and Love for the organization.

Lastly, the Heart and Lung Transplant Foundation of Western Australia is a non-government, and non-profit organization, based in Western Australia. The foundation as a charitable organization relies on sponsorship and fundraising, donations to manage its work. The organization over the last eight years has been able to make an impact on the lung and heart transplant community. Analysis shows that they mainly attained this through funding heart and lung transplant research, raise awareness of the organ donation and the heart-lung disease, offer important lung-heart equipment for Royal Perth hospital.

In an overview, it can be stated that these three sites are genuine and actually devoted to the fight against the heart-lung disorder. Their management is transparent, and the work they have done so far is commendable. However, a lot of work remains to be done to ensure that more people get sensitized against the disease and its effects. In addition, counter measures also need to be in place to ensure recurrent issues like organ rejection are sorted before they can become too rampant in patients.