Becker's Hospital Review - Cardiology

MARCH 6, 2024

Oklahoma City-based Oklahoma Children's Hospital is the first in the state to open a pediatric heart transplant program, ABC affiliate KOCO reported March 5.

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Becker's Hospital Review - Cardiology

MARCH 4, 2024

"Discover the incredible story of Bert Janssen, the Dutch man who has lived with a donor heart for 39 years and 252 days, officially confirmed as the world's lo

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Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

Despite developments in circulating biomarker and imaging technology in the assessment of cardiovascular disease, the surveillance and diagnosis of heart transplant rejection has continued to rely on histopathologic interpretation of the endomyocardial biopsy.

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HCPLive

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

Michelle Kittleson, MD, PhD, provides insight into the potential impact of a new risk score for heart transplant allocation as well as the need for more equitable cardiovascular care in the US.

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Becker's Hospital Review - Cardiology

JANUARY 2, 2024

Nearly a year after a newborn received the world's first partial heart transplant, the transplanted valves and arteries are functioning well and growing along with the child's heart — a key measure of success in the procedure paving the way for future advancements.

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Science Daily - Heart Disease

SEPTEMBER 30, 2024

Heart transplant patients who live in socioeconomically disadvantaged areas are more likely to experience post-surgical complications and die within five years than patients who live in more advantaged areas, even when those patients were transplanted at topnotch high-volume hospitals.

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Becker's Hospital Review - Cardiology

JANUARY 8, 2024

Boston-based Tufts Medical Center broke the New England regional adult heart transplant record with 61 transplants in 2023.

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Becker's Hospital Review - Cardiology

MARCH 18, 2024

Philadelphia-based University of Pennsylvania researchers found the number of heart transplant emergency department visits increased with high admission rates but low in-hospital mortality rates.

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Becker's Hospital Review - Cardiology

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

When patients awaiting crucial heart transplants are placed on the organ transplant waiting list, they've traditionally been arranged based on what type of treatments they were receiving for their current condition. But researchers from the University of Chicago have discovered a new, more accurate way to rank patients.

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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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Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery

SEPTEMBER 30, 2024

Patients can develop de novo malignancies following orthotopic heart transplantation. However, vascular tumors are not commonly described in this population.

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Becker's Hospital Review - Cardiology

OCTOBER 10, 2024

"Oklahoma Children's Hospital OU Health performs first pediatric heart transplant in decades, reviving program and becoming only center in state."

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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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HCPLive

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

A novel risk score developed by University of Chicago investigators outperformed conventional models in predicting death in heart transplant candidates, which could help bring the field closer to optimal and equitable allocation.

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American College of Cardiology

OCTOBER 11, 2024

What is the prevalence and impact of recurrent rejection (RR) on cardiac allograft vasculopathy (CAV) and graft loss after pediatric heart transplant?

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Wellnest

JANUARY 24, 2024

Introduction: Wellnest brings you , the latest medical news where an infant successfully received a partial heart transplant! In a remarkable leap forward for pediatric cardiac care, a groundbreaking partial heart transplant procedure has emerged as a beacon of hope for infants facing severe congenital heart conditions.

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Science Daily - Heart Disease

MAY 7, 2024

A new type of surgically implanted pump that can support a child's failing heart has passed the first stage of human testing in a recent trial.

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American College of Cardiology

APRIL 23, 2024

How useful is the 5-tier Scientific Registry of Transplant Recipients (SRTR) ranking for heart transplant programs?

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Becker's Hospital Review - Cardiology

MAY 28, 2024

Researchers at Atlanta-based Emory University developed artificial intelligence that they say improves the prediction of successful heart transplants by 10%.

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Becker's Hospital Review - Cardiology

MAY 9, 2024

A heart pump device the size of an AA battery could help children in need of a heart transplant wait at home rather than the hospital, Science Daily reported May 7.

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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.

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Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

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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Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery

SEPTEMBER 22, 2024

The outcome of heart transplantation is significantly affected by perioperative infections. Individualised immunosuppression strategies are essential to reduce the risk of such infections.

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Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery

MAY 12, 2024

A 53-year-old woman with the dilated phase of hypertrophic cardiomyopathy underwent orthotopic heart transplantation. The donor heart was evaluated as normal preoperatively without mitral regurgitation or the.

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American College of Cardiology

DECEMBER 4, 2024

For heart transplantation following donation after circulatory death (DCD HT), what are the short-term outcomes associated with organ procurement using a normothermic regional perfusion (NRP) strategy compared to a direct procurement and perfusion (DPP) strategy?

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American College of Cardiology

JULY 15, 2024

The goal of the EVOLVD trial was to demonstrate the efficacy of evolocumab on coronary intimal thickness in heart transplant recipients.

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DAIC

MAY 31, 2024

The SHORE study confirms the superior performance of dual molecular testing, combining donor-derived cell-free DNA and gene-expression profiling for acute cellular rejection surveillance in optimizing care for heart transplant patients.

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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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HeartRhythm

MARCH 27, 2024

1 Our interest was due in part to our prior work examining the stability of indices of pacemaker function and need for continued pacing among orthotopic heart transplant (OHT) patients, which included a time period during which the bi-atrial anastomosis technique was still being performed at our institution.2

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HeartRhythm

MARCH 31, 2024

Wimmer et al regarding our article “Need for cardiac implantable electronic devices and long-term follow-up in recipients of orthotopic heart transplants”. The question of pacemakers and impact on survival in orthotopic heart transplant patients is thus far unanswered.1

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Cardiovascular Diabetology

JUNE 20, 2024

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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Circulation

JANUARY 28, 2024

Circulation, Volume 149, Issue 5 , Page 339-341, January 30, 2024.

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Science Daily - Heart Disease

MAY 16, 2024

In the United States, about 30-40% of donor hearts aren't considered for transplant due to inadequate function in the donor. This leads to a drop in the number of donated hearts that are available to be matched with someone who needs a heart transplant.

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Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine

MAY 19, 2024

BackgroundThe use of Intra-aortic Balloon Pump (IABP) and Impella devices as a bridge to heart transplantation (HTx) has increased significantly in recent times. or IABP.

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DAIC

JANUARY 11, 2024

The results also showed a significant reduction of 55% in Severe PGD, a more severe complication occurring within the first 24 hours post-transplant, shown to significantly impact long-term survival of heart transplant recipients. utilizing the Paragonix SherpaPak CTS (p=0.022). “At

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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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HeartRhythm

APRIL 30, 2024

The removal of cardiac implantable electronic device (CIED) leads at the time of heart transplantation (OHT) can be challenging due to adherence to the vessel walls. As a result, lead fragments are often abandoned (19 to 39% of patients after OHT), serving as a potential nidus for infection and/or thrombus formation.

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