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Revolutionary Genomic Study Sheds Light on Immune Microenvironment in Transplanted Pediatric Hearts

DAIC

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. Martin , Vivian L.

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A tale of two hearts

The British Journal of Cardiology

A 74-year-old man with a heterotopic heart transplant experienced alternating episodes of sustained native heart ventricular tachycardia and prolonged asystole. The unique physiology in such patients lends itself to numerous clinical considerations that would otherwise be routine management for most.

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The Thoracic Surgery Foundation Awards Inaugural International Fellowships

Society of Thoracic Surgeons - Technology

With her fellowship, Dr. 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. For more information, visit eacts.org.