Becker's Hospital Review - Cardiology

DECEMBER 20, 2023

based Vanderbilt Transplant Center partnered with Evansville, Ind.-based based Deaconess Health System to open a new transplant clinic in Newburgh, Ind. Nashville, Tenn.-based

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DAIC

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

Pictured Left to Right: Members and students of the McGill Gene Editing Laboratory at The Texas Heart Institute in Houston, Texas: Fansen Meng, PhD, Xiao Li, PhD, James Martin, MD, PhD, Rich Li, PhD (back), Maggie Lim (undergraduate student at Rice University front), Yuka Morikawa, PhD, Ann Bromley.

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DAIC

MARCH 13, 2024

CMS has reviewed the CardiAMP Heart Failure II Trial and approved the investigational product, related and routine items and services for purposes of Medicare coverage. The CardiAMP Heart Failure II Trial is FDA approved to enroll up to 250 patients at up to 40 clinical centers. said Peter Altman , PhD.,

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DAIC

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

The inherited heart condition often goes undiagnosed until it advances to heart failure, which is why it’s important to identify those at risk and begin treatment early. heart failure/heart transplant programs that contributed to the study. DCM can be silent for months to years before symptoms begin.

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Journal of the American Heart Association

DECEMBER 29, 2023

BackgroundEvidence guiding the pre‐hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT) cardiovascular evaluation is limited. The score was externally validated in a separate cohort of 919 HSCT recipients (mean age at transplant 54 years; 20.4%

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Circulation

SEPTEMBER 10, 2024

Early identification of kidney dysfunction in patients with advanced heart failure is crucial for timely interventions. Circulation, Ahead of Print. Hemodynamic derangements and maladaptive neurohormonal upregulations contribute to fluctuations in kidney indices and electrolytes that may recover with guideline-directed medical therapy.

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Circulation

NOVEMBER 11, 2024

Despite being a heart transplantation candidate, she declined revascularization and sought alternative treatments for angina, dyspnea, and daily activity limitations. EECP may alleviate the need for heart transplantation through its integration as a standard early intervention.

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Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine

MARCH 3, 2024

Background Objective tools to define the optimal time for referral for advanced therapies and to help guide escalation and de-escalation of support can improve management decisions and outcomes for patients with advanced heart failure. Results Approximately 1010 discrete heart failure scenarios were modeled.

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DAIC

APRIL 6, 2024

The trial, called RELIEVE-HF , is the first randomized placebo-procedure controlled trial of interatrial shunting that included patients with both major types of heart failure : heart failure with reduced ejection fraction (HFrEF) and heart failure with preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF).

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DAIC

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

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.

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Medical Xpress - Cardiology

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

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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DAIC

APRIL 6, 2024

The trial, called RELIEVE-HF , is the first randomized placebo-procedure controlled trial of interatrial shunting that included patients with both major types of heart failure : heart failure with reduced ejection fraction (HFrEF) and heart failure with preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF).

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CTVS

JULY 8, 2024

One of the most common health issues facing men is heart disease. A precursor to heart attacks and heart failure, heart disease continues to be the leading cause of death in men over recent years. If you think it can’t happen to you, think again. 43-year-old Brandon… Source

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Science Daily - Heart Disease

AUGUST 20, 2024

The risk of early heart failure after heart transplantation is lower if the donor heart is stored in a so-called heart-in-a-box instead of in the usual cooler with ice.

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Medical Xpress - Cardiology

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

Heart failure stands as a leading cause of mortality worldwide, demanding advanced treatment options. Despite the urgency for more effective treatments, options for severe heart failure remain limited.

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Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine

MARCH 14, 2024

Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) and extracorporeal life support (ECLS) devices are well-established adjunctive treatment measures for patients with heart failure. However, the role of ECMO as a bridge to definitive therapy in a setting of acute heart failure is less established.

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Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine

JANUARY 10, 2024

Introduction Heart transplantation (HT) is the only treatment option in children with heart failure secondary to cardiomyopathies and non-reparable congenital heart diseases. Rhythm disturbances that develop during follow-up can serve as early indicators of graft rejection and should be carefully evaluated.

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Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine

JANUARY 25, 2024

The implantation of left ventricular assist devices (LVADs) has been increasing, with good long-term results, in parallel with a growing population with advanced heart failure (HF). However, in some European countries, LVADs are still underused, with one of the main issues being the patient's late referral.

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DAIC

JUNE 24, 2024

Kittleson, director of Heart Failure Research and director of Post Graduate Medical Education in Heart Failure and Transplantation, is an associate editor specializing in heart failure. She also has served on the board of directors of the Heart Failure Society of America.

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DAIC

APRIL 16, 2024

a commercial-stage medical device company, announced today the availability of additional data, including the publication of results of the post-market phase of the BeAT-HF trial in the European Journal of Heart Failure. The manuscript is available online at the European Journal of Heart Failure website.

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Medical Xpress - Cardiology

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

Racially biased readings of oxygen levels in the blood using pulse oximeters may further limit opportunities for Black patients with heart failure to receive potentially lifesaving treatments, such as heart pumps and transplants, a Michigan Medicine study finds.

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DAIC

DECEMBER 8, 2023

The DRAIN-HF study will evaluate the Aortix percutaneous mechanical circulatory support (pMCS) technology in patients with acute decompensated heart failure (ADHF) who are unresponsive to standard medical therapy. I am excited to be able to include the advanced heart failure patients in the trial," commented Dr. Grafton.

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HCPLive

MAY 21, 2024

Ashley Malliett, DMSc, MPAS, PA-C, discusses the importance of timely diagnosis and initiated care, as well as contraindications for transplants and LVAD.

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Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine

MAY 2, 2024

Eosinophilic myocarditis (EM), a rare condition, is fatal if left untreated and has rarely been described in heart transplant recipients. The cornerstone of treatment is corticosteroids, comprehensive therapy and heart failure management (including advanced mechanical support for fulminant myocarditis).

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Medical Xpress - Cardiology

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

When a patient with heart failure has received a new heart and survives—the transplantation is deemed a success. However, health care overlooks heart recipients who suffer from long-term and often severe symptoms, such as pain and fatigue.

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DAIC

MARCH 5, 2024

Early Feasibility Study (FUTURE-HF2) of its FIRE1 System for remote heart failure monitoring. The FIRE1 System is the first device designed to directly measure a patient’s volume status by measuring the largest vein in the body where most fluid is stored – the inferior vena cava (IVC) – to better manage heart failure.

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DAIC

MARCH 8, 2024

suffer from heart failure , and there are approximately 400,000 heart-failure-related deaths in this country each year. Patients with heart failure often experience reduced mobility, quality of life and ability to work; the disease also represents a significant public health care burden.

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HeartRhythm

OCTOBER 7, 2024

Arrhythmias can lead to cardiac arrest (CA) and heart failure. When intractable, heart transplant (HTX) can become the only viable treatment. This rare, high-risk cohort has not been reported as a distinct group.

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Open Heart

MAY 20, 2022

Objective Heart failure following allogeneic haematopoietic stem cell transplantation (allo-HSCT) is a serious complication that requires early detection; however, the clinical implications of early-onset cancer therapy-related cardiac dysfunction (CTRCD) following allo-HSCT remain unclear.

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Dr. S. Venkatesan MD

OCTOBER 11, 2024

However, advanced heart failure therapy never means it can be achieved only by state-of-the-art technology. Cardiac failure management remains basically disciplined medical management and a holistic approach to improve the quality of life. Only few lucky patients end up getting heart transplantation, the ultimate treatment.

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American College of Cardiology

MAY 6, 2024

Dive into the Heart of ACC.24's 24's Heart Failure and Transplant Highlights! 24 sessions in heart failure and transplant, including trials RELIEVE-HF, REDUCE-AMI, and DanGer Shock. In this podcast, Drs.

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Med Page Today

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

(MedPage Today) -- To more fairly rank candidates for heart transplant, researchers developed the U.S. candidate risk score (US-CRS) and found it to better discriminate risk for people with advanced heart failure than the current six-status system.

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CTVS

OCTOBER 7, 2024

Heart failure is a chronic condition that occurs when the heart can no longer operate efficiently on its own, or effectively pump blood throughout the body. Signs of heart failure may include difficulty breathing, a racing heartbeat/heart palpitations, fatigue, or unexplained swelling.

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Circulation

MARCH 11, 2024

Hematopoietic stem cell transplantation can cure various disorders but poses cardiovascular risks, especially for elderly patients and those with cardiovascular diseases. Acute heart failure has an incidence ranging from 0.4% Cardiovascular evaluations are crucial in pretransplantation assessments, but guidelines are lacking.

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Medical Xpress - Cardiology

APRIL 10, 2024

Mehra, MD, FRCP described the cutting-edge heart pump and other advances in mechanical circulatory support (MCS) today at the Annual Meeting and Scientific Sessions of the International Society for Heart and Lung Transplantation (ISHLT) in Prague.

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Circulation

NOVEMBER 11, 2024

Heart transplant rates were low but increased slightly in 2020 for patients without CHD, with DV and SV CHD patients showing fluctuating rates peaking in 2018 and 2019, then declining in 2020. Patients without CHD were older (mean age 71.5 years) than those with DV-CHD (mean age 59.8 years) and SV-CHD (mean age 17.9

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Open Heart

NOVEMBER 25, 2022

Objective The role of hyperuricaemia as a prognostic maker has been established in chronic heart failure (HF) but limited information on the association between plasma uric acid (UA) levels and central haemodynamic measurements is available. Conclusions Elevated UA is associated with greater haemodynamic impairment in advanced HF.

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