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. For three consecutive years, U.S.

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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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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.

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Conquering CHD

JANUARY 17, 2025

The Heart Institute collaborates with the CFCC through the Fetal Cardiology Program. At their first appointment, the family met with a complete team of fetal and pediatric heart specialists, maternal fetal medicine experts, genetic counselors and other doctors to review and confirm Zanes diagnosis.

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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

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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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HeartRhythm

AUGUST 21, 2024

Among pediatric patients undergoing orthotopic heart transplantation (OHT), 1-12% are reported to need a permanent pacemaker (PPM).1 1 There are limited studies on the outcomes of PPM placement, and the role of implantable cardioverter-defibrillator (ICD) in pediatric OHT remains unclear.

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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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Circulation

JANUARY 28, 2024

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

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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. One patient developed ventricular extrasystole at 10 months and was found to have grade 2 rejection.

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Medical Xpress - Cardiology

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

Receiving a heart transplant is a matter of life and death for many patients. Every time a heart becomes available, a "match run" is created to generate a list of transplant candidates ranked by an algorithm based on medical urgency, geography and pediatric status.

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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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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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Circulation

JANUARY 9, 2025

BACKGROUND:The United Network of Organ Sharing made changes to the priority for allocation of hearts for transplantation (HT) in 2016 for pediatric patients and 2018 for adult patients. Circulation, Ahead of Print.

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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.

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Circulation: Genomic and Precision Medicine

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

The frequency of pathogenic variants was similar in pediatric (42.9%) and adult (43.6%) samples, but the distribution of mutated genes differed (P=8.30×10-4). Data were analyzed for pathogenic/likely pathogenic variants in nuclear and mitochondrial genomes and assessed for nonhuman microbial sequences.

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Circulation

NOVEMBER 11, 2024

The association between a lower rate of MAE and EMB persisted in the multivariate model when those with heart transplant who had EMB were compared to those without heart transplant who did not have EMB p=0.001. The leading cause of mortality was heart failure in 51% of deceased patients.

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Circulation

NOVEMBER 11, 2024

It has changed the fate of young patients with large tumors who would have otherwise needed heart transplants, offering high suture strength and reducing postoperative complications. 2 steps were performed during modified ventricular reconstruction procedure. During a median follow-up period of 17.4

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Journal of the American Heart Association

JANUARY 12, 2024

Changes in LVFS, LVEDD, LV end‐diastolic posterior wall thickness, and the LV end‐diastolic posterior wall thickness:LVEDD ratio between baseline and follow‐up echocardiograms acquired ≈1 year after diagnosis were determined for children who, at the 1‐year follow‐up had died, received a heart transplant, or were alive and transplant‐free.

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DAIC

MAY 15, 2024

.: 882 Dates Distributed: March 1, 2021 to present Date Initiated by Firm: March 13, 2024 Device Use The HeartMate 3 Left Ventricular Assist System (LVAS) is used to help the heart pump blood when it is not able to do so effectively on its own.

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DAIC

APRIL 15, 2024

The HeartMate II and 3 are used for both short- and long-term support in adult patients with severe left ventricular heart failure. It can be used while waiting for a heart transplant, to help the heart recover, or as a permanent solution when a transplant isn't an option.

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MIBHS

SEPTEMBER 30, 2024

The journey often begins with a referral to a pediatric cardiologist, who specializes in diagnosing and treating heart conditions in children. It’s essential to work with a pediatric cardiologist who has experience with congenital heart defects.

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Society of Thoracic Surgeons - Research

APRIL 20, 2023

Laurie Shroyer Geographic Variations in Lung Cancer Lobectomy Outcomes: The General Thoracic Surgery Database The Annals of Thoracic Surgery November 2017 Michael Durheim Mortality and Respiratory Failure After Thoracoscopic Lung Biopsy for Interstitial Lung Disease The Annals of Thoracic Surgery August 2017 Daniel Boffa Surgically Managed Clinical (..)

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Society of Thoracic Surgeons - Research

APRIL 20, 2023

Laurie Shroyer Geographic Variations in Lung Cancer Lobectomy Outcomes: The General Thoracic Surgery Database The Annals of Thoracic Surgery November 2017 Michael Durheim Mortality and Respiratory Failure After Thoracoscopic Lung Biopsy for Interstitial Lung Disease The Annals of Thoracic Surgery August 2017 Daniel Boffa Surgically Managed Clinical (..)

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Cardiometabolic Health Congress

MARCH 8, 2024

However, women remain concentrated in certain specialties (pediatrics and women’s specialties) and are less likely to be promoted to healthcare leadership roles. Dr. Lala-Trindade serves as the director of Heart Failure Research and leads the Data Coordinating Center for the NHLBI Cardiothoracic Surgery Network.

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