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Pulmonary artery mass with PIK3CA mutation after orthotopic heart transplantation

Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery

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

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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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Prognostic value of three iron deficiency definitions in patients with advanced heart failure

European Journal of Heart Failure

6MWD, 6-min walk distance; CI, cardiac index; CPI, cardiac power index; LVEF, left ventricular ejection fraction; PA, pulmonary artery; PCW, pulmonary capillary wedge; RA, right atrial; TAPSE, tricuspid annular plane systolic excursion; TSAT, transferrin saturation; VO 2 , oxygen consumption.

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Early left atrial venting versus conventional treatment for left ventricular decompression during venoarterial extracorporeal membrane oxygenation support: The EVOLVE?ECMO randomized clinical trial

European Journal of Heart Failure

Patients with significant pulmonary oedema or aortic valve (AV) closure during venoarterial extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (VA-ECMO) were randomized to early left ventricular (LV) unloading or conventional strategy groups (1:1). CV, cardiovascular; HT, heart transplantation; ICU, intensive care unit; LVAD, left ventricular assist device.

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Novel uses for implanted haemodynamic monitoring in adults with subaortic right ventricles

Heart BMJ

Background Pulmonary hypertension (PH) is a common complication in patients with complete dextro-transposition of the great arteries (TGA) after atrial switch (D-TGA/AS) and congenitally corrected TGA (ccTGA). In follow-up (median 23 months), HFHs/year were similar to the year prior to IHM (median 0 (IQR 0–1.0) before vs 0 (0–0.8)

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Estimation of Right Atrial Pressure by Ultrasound-Assessed Jugular Vein Distensibility in Patients With Heart Failure

Circulation: Heart Failure

n=42; median RAP, 4 mm Hg; pulmonary capillary wedge pressure, 11 mm Hg), those with a low JV distensibility ratio (≤1.6; CONCLUSIONS:Ultrasound-assessed JV distensibility identifies patients with chronic advanced heart failure with normal RAP and better outcomes.REGISTRATION:URL:[link] Unique identifier: NCT03874312.

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Uric acid in advanced heart failure: relation to central haemodynamics and outcome

Open Heart

UA level was associated to pulmonary capillary wedge pressure (PCWP) and cardiac index (CI) in univariable (both p<0.001) and multivariable regression analysis (p<0.004 and p=0.025 for PCWP and CI). Median UA was 0.48 (0.39–0.61) mmol/L.