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CareDx Launches Two Expanded Indications for AlloSure Testing Services

DAIC

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.

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

Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine

BackgroundThe use of Intra-aortic Balloon Pump (IABP) and Impella devices as a bridge to heart transplantation (HTx) has increased significantly in recent times. Out of them, 12% had primary outcomes indicating Status 2 failure. We used the eXtreme Gradient Boosting (XGBoost) algorithm to build and validate ML models.

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Abstract TP261: Stroke in pediatric heart transplant patients

Stroke Journal

Introduction:Pediatric heart transplant (PHT) recipient survival has improved. Yet, neurologic morbidity related to heart failure and its treatment persist. It can affect the functional outcome, increase risk of major adverse events, prolong LOS and increase the use of rehabilitation therapies (RT).

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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

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.

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

European Journal of Heart Failure

Venn diagram of iron deficiency (ID) according to various definitions and associated outcomes. 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. Non-scaled VENN diagram.

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The Thoracic Surgery Foundation Awards Inaugural International Fellowships

Society of Thoracic Surgeons - Technology

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.

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Published Research

Society of Thoracic Surgeons - Research

Adult Cardiac Surgery Database Lead Author Title Publication Date Jacob Raphael Red Blood Cell Transfusion and Pulmonary Complications: The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Adult Cardiac Surgery Database Analysis The Annals of Thoracic Surgery January 2024 Joseph Sabik Multi-Arterial versus Single-Arterial Coronary Surgery: Ten Year Follow-up of One Million (..)