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A gentler approach to monitor for heart transplant rejection

Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine

Despite developments in circulating biomarker and imaging technology in the assessment of cardiovascular disease, the surveillance and diagnosis of heart transplant rejection has continued to rely on histopathologic interpretation of the endomyocardial biopsy.

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Abstract 4139383: Non-Inferiority Of Extracorporeal Photopheresis To Immunosuppression Therapy In Heart Transplantation Rejection

Circulation

Circulation, Volume 150, Issue Suppl_1 , Page A4139383-A4139383, November 12, 2024. Background:Immunosuppressive (IS) therapy is currently used as first-line treatment for heart transplant (HTx) rejection. However, they are not without complications, and less toxic therapies are needed.

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Using Stem Cell-derived Heart Muscle Cells to Advance Heart Regenerative Therapy

DAIC

Cardiovascular diseases are still among the top causes of death worldwide, and especially prevalent in developed countries. Myocardial infarctions , commonly known as “heart attacks,” are on the rise, resulting in a significant number of deaths each year.

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Highlights of ACC 2024

Cardiology Update

Investigators assessed if empagliflozin could lower the risk of hospitalization for heart failure (HF) or death from cardiovascular disease (CVD). The Impella CP is a catheter-based, axial flow pump that pumps blood directly from the left ventricle into the circulation. It is able to deliver 3.5L/min

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Why You Probably Already Have Heart Disease But Just Don't Know It.

Dr. Paddy Barrett

The prevalence of smoking back in the 1950s would have been much higher, but even recent studies on ‘healthy’ heart transplant donors who died from events such as road traffic accidents still show high rates of very early-stage plaque buildup 4. It is a marker of where someone is on a disease progression pathway.