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Revolutionary Genomic Study Sheds Light on Immune Microenvironment in Transplanted Pediatric Hearts

DAIC

© THE TEXAS HEART INSTITUTE 2024 milla1cf Tue, 02/13/2024 - 17:56 February 13, 2024 — Pediatric heart transplantation has long been hailed as a life-saving intervention for children suffering from end-stage heart failure. This helps us gain a comprehensive understanding of the immune response dynamics within transplanted hearts."

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Tachycardia must make you doubt an ACS or STEMI diagnosis; put it all in clinical context

Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

This 54 year old patient with a history of kidney transplant with poor transplant function had been vomiting all day when at 10 PM he developed severe substernal crushing chest pain. He presented to the Emergency Department with a blood pressure of 111/66 and a pulse of 117. He had this ECG recorded.

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Annals Short Reports

Society of Thoracic Surgeons - Research

Each collection includes articles, expert commentary, case reports, and more in categories like Aorta, Congenital & Pediatric, Education & Professional Development, Mediastinum & Esophagus, and Perioperative & Critical Care. On the Short Reports homepage , scroll to Collections and click on a topic heading.

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ECMO May Offer Sickest COVID Patients Chance for ‘Exceptional Survival’

Society of Thoracic Surgeons - Critical Care

months since the patients were treated with VV-ECMO, survival was 86.7%, including one patient who underwent lung transplantation. Perioperative / Critical Care Clinical Decision-Making Quality Improvement “Our team was aggressive with these interventions much earlier than most hospitals.”

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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

Despite otherwise normal vital signs, she was appropriately triaged to the critical care area of the ED. She denied chest pain and denied feeling any palpitations, even during her triage ECG: What do you think? J Electrocardiol, 42 (2009), pp.

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Published Research

Society of Thoracic Surgeons - Research

Ram Kumar The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Congenital Heart Surgery Database: 2021 Update on Outcomes and Research The Annals of Thoracic Surgery December 2021 Jennifer Nelson Capturing Adult Congenital Heart Disease: Framework for Development of an Adult Congenital Heart Disease Mortality Risk Model The Annals of Thoracic Surgery November 2021 Laura (..)

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Published Research

Society of Thoracic Surgeons - Research

Ram Kumar The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Congenital Heart Surgery Database: 2021 Update on Outcomes and Research The Annals of Thoracic Surgery December 2021 Jennifer Nelson Capturing Adult Congenital Heart Disease: Framework for Development of an Adult Congenital Heart Disease Mortality Risk Model The Annals of Thoracic Surgery November 2021 Laura (..)