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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. 1 "The availability of AlloSure dd-cfDNA for all pediatric heart transplant patients is a major development.

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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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Smidt Heart Institute Experts Selected to Join JACC Editorial Team

DAIC

Kittleson, director of Heart Failure Research and director of Post Graduate Medical Education in Heart Failure and Transplantation, is an associate editor specializing in heart failure. She has been a section editor for Circulation: Cardiovascular Outcomes and Research, authored book chapters, and in 2022 was a finalist for the Samuel A.

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Abstract TP261: Stroke in pediatric heart transplant patients

Stroke Journal

Introduction:Pediatric heart transplant (PHT) recipient survival has improved. It can affect the functional outcome, increase risk of major adverse events, prolong LOS and increase the use of rehabilitation therapies (RT). Stroke, Volume 56, Issue Suppl_1 , Page ATP261-ATP261, February 1, 2025.

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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. We evaluated three definitions of ID in patients referred for heart transplantation. Methods and results Consecutive patients assessed for heart transplantation at a single UK centre between January 2010 and May 2022 were included.

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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. Good preparation is of the essence,” said EACTS Secretary General J.

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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.