2022 and Heart Transplant - Cardiovascular Update

CareDx Launches Two Expanded Indications for AlloSure Testing Services

DAIC

MARCH 14, 2025

The Transplant Company recently announced that AlloSureis now commercially available for pediatric heart transplant patients of all ages and patients who have received a simultaneous pancreas-kidney (SPK) transplant. 5 As with other organ transplants, the organs are at risk of rejection. Pediatr Transplant.

Heart Transplant

Heart Transplant Transplant Pediatrics Quality of Life

Donated Heart Valves Still Growing a Year After World's 1st Partial Heart Transplant

Med Page Today

JANUARY 2, 2024

(MedPage Today) -- The newborn that received the world's first partial heart transplant in 2022 continued to do well a year later, according to a case report from the transplant team. Born with type A2 persistent truncus arteriosus and irreparable.

Heart Transplant

Heart Transplant Transplant Heart Valves

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

Webinars

Bridging Innovation & Patient Care: The Growing Role of AI

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Abstract TP261: Stroke in pediatric heart transplant patients

Stroke Journal

JANUARY 30, 2025

Introduction:Pediatric heart transplant (PHT) recipient survival has improved. Yet, neurologic morbidity related to heart failure and its treatment persist. Stroke, Volume 56, Issue Suppl_1 , Page ATP261-ATP261, February 1, 2025.

Heart Transplant

Heart Transplant Transplant Pediatrics Stroke

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

Prognostic value of three iron deficiency definitions in patients with advanced heart failure

European Journal of Heart Failure

DECEMBER 13, 2023

Abstract Aims There is uncertainty about the definition of iron deficiency (ID) and the association between ID and prognosis in patients with advanced heart failure. We evaluated three definitions of ID in patients referred for heart transplantation.

Heart Failure

Heart Failure Heart Transplant Transplant Tricuspid

The Thoracic Surgery Foundation Awards Inaugural International Fellowships

Society of Thoracic Surgeons - Technology

JANUARY 19, 2022

With her fellowship, Dr. Fiedler plans to learn skills and administrative approaches that will help her expand the heart transplant program at UW-Madison, where she currently serves as associate director of heart transplantation and mechanical circulatory support.

Cardiothoracic

Cardiothoracic Heart Transplant Allied Health Education

What is new in Heart failure management ? Ultrasonic cardiac re-synchronization : The WiSE -CRT device

Dr. S. Venkatesan MD

OCTOBER 11, 2024

Only few lucky patients end up getting heart transplantation, the ultimate treatment. Heart Rhythm. 2022 Jan;19(1):22-29. Cardiac failure management remains basically disciplined medical management and a holistic approach to improve the quality of life. doi: 10.1016/j.hrthm.2021.06.1195. 2021.06.1195. Epub 2021 Jul 29.

Heart Failure

Heart Failure Ultrasound Anatomy Technology

Latest Medical News: Partial Heart Transplant of an Infant

Wellnest

JANUARY 24, 2024

Introduction: Wellnest brings you , the latest medical news where an infant successfully received a partial heart transplant! In a remarkable leap forward for pediatric cardiac care, a groundbreaking partial heart transplant procedure has emerged as a beacon of hope for infants facing severe congenital heart conditions.

Heart Transplant

Heart Transplant Transplant Pediatrics Congenital

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. versus 11%) and extracorporeal membrane oxygenation support (2.4% versus 4.9%) in the new policy era.

Transplant

Transplant Heart Transplant Outcomes

Elevated Donor-Derived Cell-Free DNA Levels Are Associated With Reduced Myocardial Blood Flow but Not Angiographic Cardiac Allograft Vasculopathy: The EVIDENT Study

Circulation: Heart Failure

DECEMBER 10, 2024

Circulation: Heart Failure, Ahead of Print. BACKGROUND:Cardiac allograft vasculopathy (CAV) leads to impaired myocardial blood flow (MBF), increasing the risk of cardiovascular death or retransplant among heart transplantation (HT) recipients.

Coronary Angiogram

Coronary Angiogram Heart Transplant Heart Failure Transplant

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

For review of a case of RVOT VT — Please see My Comment at the bottom of the page in the February 14, 2022 post in Dr. Smith's ECG Blog. Please see My Comment in the May 14, 2022 post for a regular WCT that turned out to be antidromic AVRT. J Electrocardiol, 42 (2009), pp. Figure 3: Key features of idiopathic VT.

Tachycardia

Tachycardia Cardiomyopathy Article Electrocardiogram

Published Research

Society of Thoracic Surgeons - Research

APRIL 20, 2023

Institutional Coronary Artery Bypass Case Volumes and Outcomes European Journal of Heart Failure October 2023 Makoto Mori Robotic Mitral Valve Repair for Degenerative Mitral Regurgitation The Annals of Thoracic Surgery August 2023 Carlos Diaz-Castrillion Volume-Failure to Rescue Relationship in Acute Type A Aortic Dissections: An Analysis of The Society (..)

Research

Research Coronary Artery Bypass Graft Aortic valve Congenital

Published Research

Society of Thoracic Surgeons - Research

APRIL 20, 2023

Institutional Coronary Artery Bypass Case Volumes and Outcomes European Journal of Heart Failure October 2023 Makoto Mori 1 Robotic Mitral Valve Repair for Degenerative Mitral Regurgitation The Annals of Thoracic Surgery August 2023 Carlos Diaz-Castrillion 2 Volume-Failure to Rescue Relationship in Acute Type A Aortic Dissections: An Analysis of The (..)

Research

Research Coronary Artery Bypass Graft Aortic valve Congenital

Midterm outcomes of patients with native heart recovery after Impella 5+ for cardiogenic shock

European Journal of Heart Failure

DECEMBER 1, 2024

The primary endpoint was survival at 180 days and freedom from implantable cardioverter-defibrillator (ICD), heart transplant/left ventricular assist device (LVAD), or readmission for heart failure. Functional status was assessed with New York Heart Association (NYHA) classification.

Cardiogenic Shock

Cardiogenic Shock Heart Transplant Outcomes Transplant

Trial Results Show Autologous Cell Therapy Improves Survival, QOL and Reduces Cardiac Events in Distressed Heart Failure Patients

DAIC

APRIL 1, 2025

point improvement in quality-of-life score, as measured by Minnesota Living with Heart Failure Questionnaire (MLHFQ) 13.9-meter meter improvement in Six Minute Walk Distance In all treated patients compared to patients on optimized heart failure medication regimen alone: 3.6% fewer heart death equivalents; 20.9% J Card Fail.

Heart Failure

Heart Failure Quality of Life Heart Transplant Public Health

CareDx Launches Two Expanded Indications for AlloSure Testing Services

Donated Heart Valves Still Growing a Year After World's 1st Partial Heart Transplant

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

Webinars

Abstract TP261: Stroke in pediatric heart transplant patients

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

Prognostic value of three iron deficiency definitions in patients with advanced heart failure

The Thoracic Surgery Foundation Awards Inaugural International Fellowships

What is new in Heart failure management ? Ultrasonic cardiac re-synchronization : The WiSE -CRT device

Latest Medical News: Partial Heart Transplant of an Infant

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

Elevated Donor-Derived Cell-Free DNA Levels Are Associated With Reduced Myocardial Blood Flow but Not Angiographic Cardiac Allograft Vasculopathy: The EVIDENT Study

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

Midterm outcomes of patients with native heart recovery after Impella 5+ for cardiogenic shock

Trial Results Show Autologous Cell Therapy Improves Survival, QOL and Reduces Cardiac Events in Distressed Heart Failure Patients

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