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The impact of pre-transplant ventricular assist device support in pediatric patients with end-stage heart failure on the outcomes of heart transplantation—“a single center experience”

Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine

IntroductionThe objective of this study was to examine the impact of ventricular assist device support as a bridge to heart transplantation in children with end-stage heart failure. Patients were divided into two groups: with pre transplant ventricular assist device (VAD) support and without VAD support.

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RELIEVE-HF: Interatrial shunt in patients with heart failure

Cardiology Update

RELIEVE-HF investigators evaluated the efficacy and safety of the V-wave interatrial shunt system in patients with heart failure. 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. Atlanta, GA.

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Case report of belt electrode-skeletal muscle electrical stimulation for acute heart failure with severe obesity: a novel therapeutic option for acute phase rehabilitation

Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine

Background Belt electrode skeletal muscle electrical stimulation (B-SES) is an emerging therapy anticipated to yield more favorable outcomes than conventional neuromuscular electrical stimulation (NMES), owing to its larger stimulation area. However, information on its efficacy and safety in patients with heart failure remains limited.

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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. The research is a collaborative effort between leading medical institutions.

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Genomic study sheds light on immune microenvironment in transplanted pediatric hearts

Medical Xpress - Cardiology

Pediatric heart transplantation has long been hailed as a life-saving intervention for children suffering from end-stage heart failure. While the procedure offers hope, the long-term outcomes for these young patients remain suboptimal due to allograft rejection and graft failure.

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Overcoming the Odds with Expert Fetal Cardiology Care: Zeke and Zane’s Story

Conquering CHD

After struggling with heart failure for the first months of his life, doctors told his parents that Zeke would need a heart transplant immediately. Within one day, our heart transplant team performed the transplant surgery. Now Zane, 6, and Zeke, 5, are living lives the odds said were unlikely.

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Ochsner Children’s Hospital Advocates to Close the Gap in Pediatric Heart Care

DAIC

As the only pediatric heart transplant program in Louisiana and the only program in the state to offer advanced mechanical support options for pediatric cardiology patients, Ochsner Children’s Hospital is committed to advocating for additional medical devices to enhance its high-quality care to pediatric patients awaiting transplant.