2018 and Heart Transplant - Cardiovascular Update

An explainable machine learning approach using contemporary UNOS data to identify patients who fail to bridge to heart transplantation

Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine

MAY 19, 2024

BackgroundThe use of Intra-aortic Balloon Pump (IABP) and Impella devices as a bridge to heart transplantation (HTx) has increased significantly in recent times. We used the eXtreme Gradient Boosting (XGBoost) algorithm to build and validate ML models.

Heart Transplant

Heart Transplant Transplant BMI Aortic

Emergency Department Use and Hospital Mortality Among Heart Transplant Recipients in the United States

Journal of the American Heart Association

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

Journal of the American Heart Association, Ahead of Print. BackgroundAnnual heart transplant (HT) volumes have increased, as have post‐HT outpatient care needs. HT volumes and HT‐related ED visits increased from 2009 to 2018. Multivariable logistic regression was used to predict outcomes of hospital admission and death.

Heart Transplant

Heart Transplant Transplant Hospital Outpatient

Waitlist Outcomes in Candidates With Rare Causes of Heart Failure After Implementation of the 2018 French Heart Allocation Scheme

Circulation: Heart Failure

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

Circulation: Heart Failure, Ahead of Print. BACKGROUND:In 2018, an algorithm-based allocation system for heart transplantation (HT) was implemented in France.

Heart Failure

Heart Failure Congenital Heart Disease Congenital Cardiomyopathy

Webinars

Bridging Innovation & Patient Care: The Growing Role of AI

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Impact of Heart Transplant Allocation Changes on Waitlist Mortality and Clinical Practice in Pediatric and Adult Patients With Congenital Heart Disease and Cardiomyopathy

Circulation

JANUARY 9, 2025

BACKGROUND:The United Network of Organ Sharing made changes to the priority for allocation of hearts for transplantation (HT) in 2016 for pediatric patients and 2018 for adult patients. Circulation, Ahead of Print.

Congenital Heart Disease

Congenital Heart Disease Pediatrics Cardiomyopathy Transplant

Lantheus Announces the FDA Approval of DEFINITY as Ultrasound Enhancing Agent for Use in Certain Pediatric Cardiovascular Patients

DAIC

MARCH 6, 2024

Food and Drug Adminstration (FDA) has approved DEFINITY (Perflutren Lipid Microsphere) as an ultrasound enhancing agent for use in pediatric patients with suboptimal echocardiograms, including those who have undergone heart transplant, or have Kawasaki disease or a congenital cardiovascular anomaly. All rights reserved. 5 Kutty, S.,

Pediatrics

Pediatrics Ultrasound Heart Transplant Echocardiogram

Early left atrial venting versus conventional treatment for left ventricular decompression during venoarterial extracorporeal membrane oxygenation support: The EVOLVE?ECMO randomized clinical trial

European Journal of Heart Failure

DECEMBER 13, 2023

CV, cardiovascular; HT, heart transplantation; ICU, intensive care unit; LVAD, left ventricular assist device. Methods and results Between December 2018 and August 2022, 60 patients at two institutions were randomized in a 1:1 ratio to receive early ( n = 30) or conventional ( n = 30) LV unloading strategies.

Aortic valve

Aortic valve Cardiac Arrest Heart Transplant Pulmonary

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

Journal of the American Heart Association

MARCH 27, 2025

Journal of the American Heart Association, Ahead of Print. BackgroundIn October 2018, a new heart transplant allocation policy was implemented in the United States to address inequalities.

Transplant

Transplant Heart Transplant Outcomes

Abstract 4146823: Trends and Outcomes in Heart Failure Admissions and Cardiogenic Shock Among Patients with Congenital Heart Disease

Circulation

NOVEMBER 11, 2024

Heart transplant rates were low but increased slightly in 2020 for patients without CHD, with DV and SV CHD patients showing fluctuating rates peaking in 2018 and 2019, then declining in 2020.

Cardiogenic Shock

Cardiogenic Shock Congenital Heart Disease Heart Failure Congenital

Abstract 4144326: Mid-Term Outcomes of Surgical Resection of Pediatric Cardiac Fibroma and Modified Ventricular Reconstruction Procedure

Circulation

NOVEMBER 11, 2024

It has changed the fate of young patients with large tumors who would have otherwise needed heart transplants, offering high suture strength and reducing postoperative complications. 2 steps were performed during modified ventricular reconstruction procedure. Step 1: interventricular septum reconstruction.

Pediatrics

Pediatrics Outcomes Heart Transplant Aneurysm

A young lady with wide complex tachycardia. My first time actually making this diagnosis de novo in real life in the ED!

Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

JUNE 2, 2023

J Electrocardiol, 42 (2009), pp. e5 Article Download PDF Google Scholar 3 RNW Hauer, MGPJ Cox, JA Groeneweg Impact of new electrocardiographic criteria in arrhythmogenic cardiomyopathy Front Physiol, 3 (2012), p.

Tachycardia

Tachycardia Cardiomyopathy Electrocardiogram Article

Published Research

Society of Thoracic Surgeons - Research

APRIL 20, 2023

Chris Malaisrie Burden of preoperative atrial fibrillation in patients undergoing coronary artery bypass grafting The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery June 2018 J. Scott Rankin Associations Between Surgical Ablation and Operative Mortality After Mitral Valve Procedures The Annals of Thoracic Surgery June 2018 A.

Research

Research Coronary Artery Bypass Graft Aortic valve Congenital

Published Research

Society of Thoracic Surgeons - Research

APRIL 20, 2023

Chris Malaisrie Burden of preoperative atrial fibrillation in patients undergoing coronary artery bypass grafting The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery June 2018 J. Scott Rankin 1 Associations Between Surgical Ablation and Operative Mortality After Mitral Valve Procedures The Annals of Thoracic Surgery June 2018 A.

Research

Research Coronary Artery Bypass Graft Aortic valve Congenital

Disparities by Sex, Race, and Ethnicity in Use of Left Ventricular Assist Devices and Heart Transplants Among Patients With Heart Failure With Reduced Ejection Fraction

Journal of the American Heart Association

JANUARY 3, 2024

We estimated the population rate of left ventricular assist device (LVAD) and heart transplant (HT) use among (non‐Hispanic) White, Hispanic, and (non‐Hispanic) Black men and women who have heart failure with reduced ejection fraction (HFrEF).Methods The main exposures were sex, race, ethnicity, and age.

Heart Transplant

Heart Transplant Transplant Heart Failure Inpatient

National Organ Procurement and Transplant Network Heart Allocation Policy: 6 Years Later

Circulation: Heart Failure

MARCH 21, 2025

Circulation: Heart Failure, Ahead of Print. In 2014, the Organ Procurement and Transplant Network began reappraisal of the United States heart transplant allocation policy. This became the 2018 New Heart Allocation Policy.

Transplant

Transplant Heart Transplant Innovation Heart Failure

An explainable machine learning approach using contemporary UNOS data to identify patients who fail to bridge to heart transplantation

Emergency Department Use and Hospital Mortality Among Heart Transplant Recipients in the United States

Waitlist Outcomes in Candidates With Rare Causes of Heart Failure After Implementation of the 2018 French Heart Allocation Scheme

Webinars

Impact of Heart Transplant Allocation Changes on Waitlist Mortality and Clinical Practice in Pediatric and Adult Patients With Congenital Heart Disease and Cardiomyopathy

Lantheus Announces the FDA Approval of DEFINITY as Ultrasound Enhancing Agent for Use in Certain Pediatric Cardiovascular Patients

Early left atrial venting versus conventional treatment for left ventricular decompression during venoarterial extracorporeal membrane oxygenation support: The EVOLVE?ECMO randomized clinical trial

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

Abstract 4146823: Trends and Outcomes in Heart Failure Admissions and Cardiogenic Shock Among Patients with Congenital Heart Disease

Abstract 4144326: Mid-Term Outcomes of Surgical Resection of Pediatric Cardiac Fibroma and Modified Ventricular Reconstruction Procedure

A young lady with wide complex tachycardia. My first time actually making this diagnosis de novo in real life in the ED!

Published Research

Published Research

Disparities by Sex, Race, and Ethnicity in Use of Left Ventricular Assist Devices and Heart Transplants Among Patients With Heart Failure With Reduced Ejection Fraction

National Organ Procurement and Transplant Network Heart Allocation Policy: 6 Years Later

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