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Clinical Outcomes for Heart‐Alone and Multiorgan Transplant Under the New Heart Allocation Policy Era

Journal of the American Heart Association

BackgroundIn October 2018, a new heart transplant allocation policy was implemented in the United States to address inequalities. The rate of death postmultiorgan transplant was significantly higher in incidence curves under the new policy compared with the old policy era (logrankP=0.02). versus 4.9%) in the new policy era.

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Baylor St. Luke’s Settles Concurrent Cardiac Surgery Case

CardiacWire

Allegations claim that between 2013 to 2020 three decorated Baylor St. Luke’s previous director of transplant surgery). However, a Medicare fraud settlement featuring some of Houston’s most prominent institutions and cardiac surgeons reveals the pitfalls of this incentive structure.

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Abstract 4145296: Aortic Valve Hemodynamics in Liver Cirrhosis

Circulation

Aortic valve stenosis (AS) is often a contraindication to liver transplantation (LT). We identified 674 patients with liver cirrhosis who received LT at UCLA from 1/1/2013 to 12/31/2023 and investigated the change in echocardiographic hemodynamics within a year of the procedure. m/s, p < 0.001) as compared to mild AS (1.5

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The legal case – naming a few names

Dr. Malcolm Kendrick

In 2013 Kellogg’s funded British research that concluded “regular consumption of cereals might help children stay slimmer.” Assessing the potential for SenseCam to fight the current global health crises of increasing obesity and physical inactivity (2010-2013) Microsoft: £69K ATLAS trial of tamoxifen duration (1997-2018) AstraZeneca: £1.0M