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Heart Transplant Hospital Transplant 
Becker's Hospital Review - Cardiology
JANUARY 18, 2024
New York City-based NewYork-Presbyterian Morgan Stanley Children's Hospital performed the first "domino" heart transplant on babies, according to an American Hospital Association report.
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Becker's Hospital Review - Cardiology
AUGUST 2, 2024
Discover the groundbreaking work of Boston Children's cardiac surgeons as they perform the first elective partial heart transplant on a 4-year-old boy
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DAIC
MARCH 14, 2025
The Transplant Company recently announced that AlloSureis now commercially available for pediatric heart transplant patients of all ages and patients who have received a simultaneous pancreas-kidney (SPK) transplant. 5 As with other organ transplants, the organs are at risk of rejection.
Becker's Hospital Review - Cardiology
MARCH 6, 2025
"Discover Advocate Children's Hospital's new pediatric heart transplant program led by top doctors and certified by UNOS, in partnership with other top hospital
Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine
JANUARY 22, 2025
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.
Becker's Hospital Review - Cardiology
FEBRUARY 11, 2025
In 2024, Boston-based Tufts Medical Center performed 70 adult heart transplants, breaking its 2023 record by nine and setting the New England region record for the second year in a row.
Becker's Hospital Review - Cardiology
FEBRUARY 19, 2025
based Northwell Health has received approval from the state health department to open a heart transplant center at Cohen Children's Medical Center in Queens. New Hyde Park, N.Y.-based
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.
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."
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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Conquering CHD
JANUARY 17, 2025
Seeing two brothers have HLHS is extremely rare and even more rare is how differently the condition presented in each child, says Childrens Hospital Colorado cardiothoracic surgeon Max Mitchell, MD, who performed the procedures on Zane and advised on Zekes care. Within one day, our heart transplant team performed the transplant surgery.
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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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.
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.
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.
Becker's Hospital Review - Cardiology
JANUARY 13, 2025
"Vanderbilt Transplant Center sets world record with 174 heart transplants in 2024, including pediatric procedures. Learn more about their achievements and adva
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.
DAIC
FEBRUARY 21, 2024
Getty Images milla1cf Wed, 02/21/2024 - 19:10 February 21, 2024 — Ochsner Children's Hospital , ranked among the top hospitals in the nation for pediatric cardiology and congenital heart surgery, is raising awareness of the need for more pediatric-specific heart devices.
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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%.
Becker's Hospital Review - Cardiology
JULY 24, 2024
Discover the innovative device developed by Tampa General Hospital researchers that extends the viability of transplant hearts by three hours
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Becker's Hospital Review - Cardiology
MARCH 11, 2025
A team at Pittsburgh-based UPMC Presbyterian Hospital performed a heart and kidney transplant without the use of blood products for the first time at the hospital.
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Becker's Hospital Review - Cardiology
AUGUST 5, 2024
The United Network for Organ Sharing pediatric transplant list does not rank patients by medical need, according to a study published Aug. 5 in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology.
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Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine
MARCH 7, 2024
Case presentation A 43-year-old man with a body mass index of 41 kg/m 2 was admitted to our hospital for acute heart failure due to dilated cardiomyopathy. The patient required prolonged catecholamine support owing to poor cardiac function, and heart transplantation was considered.
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Cardiology Update
APRIL 25, 2024
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.
Stroke Journal
JANUARY 30, 2025
Introduction:Pediatric heart transplant (PHT) recipient survival has improved. Yet, neurologic morbidity related to heart failure and its treatment persist. Stroke, Volume 56, Issue Suppl_1 , Page ATP261-ATP261, February 1, 2025. Data are presented as frequency (%) or median (Inter Quartile Range-IQR).Results:Of
Becker's Hospital Review - Cardiology
AUGUST 5, 2024
In September, Miami Transplant Institute named Hari Mallidi, MD, chief of cardiac surgery and program director of heart transplantation and mechanical circulatory support at MTI, as well as director of the Jackson Heart Institute in Miami.
Becker's Hospital Review - Cardiology
JULY 30, 2024
Discover the journey of Dr. Hari Mallidi, the new chief of cardiac surgery at Miami Transplant Institute, as he works to rebuild the heart transplant program
Becker's Hospital Review - Cardiology
FEBRUARY 27, 2024
Lars Svensson, MD, PhD, was on vacation in 1967 when he and his father heard about the first person-to-person heart transplant, performed by South African surgeon Christiaan Barnard.
Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine
JANUARY 25, 2024
On the contrary, the use of transcatheter edge-to-edge mitral valve repair (TEER) has exponentially increased over the past decade, expanding its potential use even in patients on the heart transplantation waiting list.
DAIC
MARCH 6, 2024
Food and Drug Adminstration (FDA) has approved DEFINITY (Perflutren Lipid Microsphere) as an ultrasound enhancing agent for use in pediatric patients with suboptimal echocardiograms, including those who have undergone heart transplant, or have Kawasaki disease or a congenital cardiovascular anomaly. 5 Kutty, S., et al (2016).
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Becker's Hospital Review - Cardiology
FEBRUARY 27, 2025
based Duke Health has performed the world's first living mitral valve replacement after a heart transplant patient donated healthy valves from their original heart to two other patients. A team from Durham, N.C.-based
Circulation
FEBRUARY 26, 2024
Individual programs oftentimes develop upper age limits for various interventional strategies for their patients, including heart transplantation and durable left ventricular assist devices. However, age as a lone parameter should not be used to guide individual patient management decisions in cardiogenic shock.
Heart 2023 Conference
JANUARY 17, 2024
Artirat Charukitpipat, CEO of Bumrungrad International Hospital, along with Associate Professor Dr. Taveesin Tanprayoon, Chief Medical Officer, and Professor Dr. Koonlawee Nademanee, Director of the Bumrungrad Heart Institute in Thailand, have spearheaded the establishment of a world-class heart institute.
CardiacWire
AUGUST 21, 2024
The V-Wave Ventura Interatrial Shunt’s unique approach appears to be quite effective, as a recent study showed a 45% reduction in cardiovascular events and 52% fewer HF hospitalizations over two years, without any procedure-related major adverse events.
Society of Thoracic Surgeons - Technology
JANUARY 19, 2022
Fiedler plans to learn skills and administrative approaches that will help her expand the heart transplant program at UW-Madison, where she currently serves as associate director of heart transplantation and mechanical circulatory support. I feel honored and privileged to receive the International Traveling Fellowship.
Circulation: Heart Failure
MARCH 8, 2024
Centers performing at least 1 heart transplant or left ventricular assist device were classified as ATCs. A secondary analysis evaluated outcomes for severe HF hospitalizations (cardiogenic shock, cardiac arrest, and mechanical ventilation). of centers), 525 037 (18.3%) were admissions to ATCs (5.5%
MIBHS
SEPTEMBER 30, 2024
Open-Heart Surgery : In cases where catheterization is not sufficient, open-heart surgery may be required to repair the defect. This involves opening the chest and heart to make the necessary repairs. Heart Transplant : In the most severe cases, where the heart is too damaged to be repaired, a heart transplant may be necessary.
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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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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.
DAIC
DECEMBER 8, 2023
Aortix Endovascular Device for Acute Heart Failure ) 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 thrilled to enroll the first patient in this important trial.
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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.
Journal of the American Heart Association
FEBRUARY 29, 2024
Journal of the American Heart Association, Ahead of Print. BackgroundAnnual heart transplant (HT) volumes have increased, as have post‐HT outpatient care needs. Multivariable logistic regression was used to predict outcomes of hospital admission and death. HT volumes and HT‐related ED visits increased from 2009 to 2018.
European Journal of Heart Failure
NOVEMBER 11, 2024
Aims Timely referrals for transplantation and left ventricular assist device (LVAD) play a key role in favourable outcomes in patients with advanced heart failure (HF). Cardiovascular mortality, driven by sudden cardiac death, is the main reason for dying while waiting for heart transplantation (HTx).
Cardiology Update
JANUARY 22, 2024
The primary outcome was death from any cause, and the secondary outcome included a composite of death, heart transplantation, or ventricular assist device implantation. At a mean (±SD) follow-up of 40±20 months, CRT showed a significantly lower risk of death or hospitalization due to heart failure.
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