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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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Impact of pretransplant T2DM on left ventricular deformation and myocardial perfusion in heart transplanted recipients: a 3.0 T cardiac magnetic resonance study

Cardiovascular Diabetology

Pretransplant type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) is associated with increased cardiovascular and all-cause mortality after heart transplant (HT), but the underlying causes of this association remain unclear.

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Emergency Department Use and Hospital Mortality Among Heart Transplant Recipients in the United States

Journal of the American Heart Association

Journal of the American Heart Association, Ahead of Print. BackgroundAnnual heart transplant (HT) volumes have increased, as have post‐HT outpatient care needs. days), and comorbidity burden was high: 42% had hypertension, 38% had diabetes, and 31% had ≥2 comorbidities. Length of stay was 3.1 days (interquartile range, 1.6–5.9

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Understanding an Enlarged Heart (Cardiomegaly): Causes, Symptoms, and Treatment

MIBHS

Left Ventricular Assist Device (LVAD) , a mechanical pump that helps the heart pump blood more effectively. Implantable Cardioverter-Defibrillator (ICD) to help manage dangerous heart rhythms. Heart Transplant may be considered in severe cases where other treatments have failed. Avoid excessive alcohol and drug use.

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10 Things You Can Do To Improve Your Heart Health

Dr. Paddy Barrett

While it is true that the older you are, the higher the risk of a heart attack, the process of plaque buildup starts early in life. Over half of all ‘healthy’ heart arteries examined before being used for a heart transplant were shown to have evidence of early plaque buildup. 33 years of age. No symptoms.

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Biomarkers of RV Dysfunction in HFrEF Identified by Direct Tissue Proteomics: Extracellular Proteins Fibromodulin and Fibulin-5

Circulation: Heart Failure

However, no biomarker reflecting RVD is available for routine clinical use.METHODS:Proteomic analysis of myocardium from the left ventricle and right ventricle (RV) of patients with heart failure with reduced ejection fraction with (n=10) and without RVD (n=10) who underwent heart transplantation was performed. for both).

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Highlights of ACC 2024

Cardiology Update

STEP-HFpEF DM 5 ( NCT04916470 ) explored the effects of semaglutide in obesity-related HF with preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF) and type 2 diabetes. The primary endpoint was a composite of all-cause mortality, left ventricular assist device (LVAD)/heart transplantation, HF hospitalizations, worsening HF, and KCCQ score changes.

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