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Donated Heart Valves Still Growing a Year After World's 1st Partial Heart Transplant

Med Page Today

(MedPage Today) -- The newborn that received the world's first partial heart transplant in 2022 continued to do well a year later, according to a case report from the transplant team. Born with type A2 persistent truncus arteriosus and irreparable.

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Partial heart transplantation: a new option for paediatric heart valve replacement

Nature Reviews - Cardiology

Nature Reviews Cardiology, Published online: 23 January 2024; doi:10.1038/s41569-024-00991-6 Heart valve replacement in newborn babies remains an unsolved problem because currently used heart valve implants do not grow.

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Latest Medical News: Partial Heart Transplant of an Infant

Wellnest

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

MIBHS

High Blood Pressure (Hypertension) Persistent high blood pressure forces the heart to work harder to pump blood. Over time, this additional strain causes the heart muscle to thicken, enlarging the heart. Antiarrhythmics to help manage abnormal heart rhythms.

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Published Research

Society of Thoracic Surgeons - Research

Part 1: Concepts, Indicator Variables, and Controversies The Annals of Thoracic Surgery January 2022 Arman Kilic Supplementing Existing Societal Risk Models for Surgical Aortic Valve Replacement With Machine Learning for Improved Prediction Journal of the American Heart Association November 2021 Jared Belle Strategies for Mechanical Right Ventricular (..)

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Published Research

Society of Thoracic Surgeons - Research

Institutional Coronary Artery Bypass Case Volumes and Outcomes European Journal of Heart Failure October 2023 Makoto Mori 1 Robotic Mitral Valve Repair for Degenerative Mitral Regurgitation The Annals of Thoracic Surgery August 2023 Carlos Diaz-Castrillion 2 Volume-Failure to Rescue Relationship in Acute Type A Aortic Dissections: An Analysis of The (..)