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AI tools better at predicting heart transplant rejection than standard clinical method, finds study

Medical Xpress - Cardiology

More than 4,500 heart transplants were performed in the U.S. While the lifesaving operation improves the quality of life and longevity for most recipients, organ rejection remains a risk, with acute rejection occurring in up to 32% of recipients within the first year.

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CareDx Launches Two Expanded Indications for AlloSure Testing Services

DAIC

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.

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Ochsner Children’s Hospital Advocates to Close the Gap in Pediatric Heart Care

DAIC

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. Yet, research and innovation in this field has not kept pace.

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What is new in Heart failure management ? Ultrasonic cardiac re-synchronization : The WiSE -CRT device

Dr. S. Venkatesan MD

However, advanced heart failure therapy never means it can be achieved only by state-of-the-art technology. Cardiac failure management remains basically disciplined medical management and a holistic approach to improve the quality of life. Only few lucky patients end up getting heart transplantation, the ultimate treatment.

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Congenital Heart Defects: Helping Families Navigate the Challenges

MIBHS

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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Two promising approaches in the treatment of myocardial infarction: stem cells and gene therapy

Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine

At present, the main methods to treat ischemic heart disease are drug therapy, intervention and operation. These methods only alleviate symptoms of heart failure and myocardial ischemia and improve patients' quality of life by partially restoring myocardial reperfusion.

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CVRx Announces Availability of Additional Data Supporting Long-term Benefits of Barostim

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Dr. JoAnn Lindenfeld of Vanderbilt University presented analysis showing that patients with Barostim + GDMT had sustained and significant improvements in quality-of-life scores (MLWHF and EQ-5D) and many subdomains of these scores (e.g., See more details at TCTMD. versus patients on GDMT alone.