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Immunosuppressant adherence after heart transplantation: a review on detection, prevention, and intervention strategies in a multidisciplinary

Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine

Heart transplantation is an effective treatment for end-stage heart disease, and postoperative patients' medication adherence is crucial for transplantation outcomes and long-term survival.

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Discovery unveils key to heart development in womb, unravels cause of spongy heart disease

Science Daily - Heart Disease

Having explored how the heart is formed in utero, a researcher is reporting how cells and molecules act during that early formation and what might cause the heart disease called left ventricular non-compaction or spongy heart, for which patients often require heart transplants.

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Cedars-Sinai Cardiologist Leads the American Society of Transplantation

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Jon Kobashigawa, MD, of the Smidt Heart Institute at Cedars-Sinai, is an expert in heart transplantation, heart failure, and other complex cardiac conditions. Kobashigawa was instrumental in expanding the Comprehensive Transplant Program at Cedars-Sinai , one of the largest transplant programs in the world. “Dr.

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Using stem cell-derived heart muscle cells to advance heart regenerative therapy

Science Daily - Heart Disease

Regenerative heart therapies involve transplanting cardiac muscle cells into damaged areas of the heart to recover lost function. In a recent study, researchers tested a novel approach that involves injecting 'cardiac spheroids,' cultured from human stem cells, directly into damaged ventricles.

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Determinants of survival following heart transplantation in adults with congenital heart disease

Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery

Adult patients surviving with congenital heart disease (ACHD) is growing. We examine the factors associated with heart transplant outcomes in this challenging population with complex anatomy requiring redo-sur.

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A simple supplement can improve survival in patients with a novel heart disease

Medical Xpress - Cardiology

Heart transplant is a scary and serious surgery with a high cost, but for patients with heart failure it can be the only option for cure.

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Atlantic Health System’s Morristown Medical Center and NYU Langone Health Expand Partnership to Include Adult Congenital Heart Disease

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New Jersey-based Atlantic Health System’s Morristown Medical Center and New York-based NYU Langone Health, both nationally recognized cardiovascular programs, have announced that they are expanding their partnership to provide patients improved access to adult congenital heart disease services and the specialist directed care.