Med Page Today

JANUARY 2, 2024

(MedPage Today) -- The newborn that received the world's first partial heart transplant in 2022 continued to do well a year later, according to a case report from the transplant team. Born with type A2 persistent truncus arteriosus and irreparable.

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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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Medical Xpress - Cardiology

JANUARY 3, 2024

The world's first partial heart transplant has achieved what researchers have spent more than a year hoping for—functioning valves and arteries that grow along with the young patient, as hypothesized by the pioneering team behind the procedure at Duke Health.

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Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine

JANUARY 23, 2024

Advanced heart failure (AdvHF) can only be treated definitively by heart transplantation (HTx), yet problems such right ventricle dysfunction (RVD), rejection, cardiac allograft vasculopathy (CAV), and primary graft dysfunction (PGD) are linked to a poor prognosis.

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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.

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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

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Med Page Today

FEBRUARY 23, 2024

(MedPage Today) -- NBA champion and "Survivor" contestant Scot Pollard is "awake and feeling great" a day after a heart transplant, his wife said Saturday on social media. Scot has a new heart!" Dawn Pollard posted Friday night on X, formerly.

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Science Daily - Heart Disease

MAY 16, 2024

In the United States, about 30-40% of donor hearts aren't considered for transplant due to inadequate function in the donor. This leads to a drop in the number of donated hearts that are available to be matched with someone who needs a heart transplant.

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DAIC

JULY 3, 2024

Jon Kobashigawa, MD, of the Smidt Heart Institute at Cedars-Sinai, is an expert in heart transplantation, heart failure, and other complex cardiac conditions. Kobashigawa was instrumental in expanding the Comprehensive Transplant Program at Cedars-Sinai , one of the largest transplant programs in the world. “Dr.

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Science Daily - Heart Disease

MAY 7, 2024

A new type of surgically implanted pump that can support a child's failing heart has passed the first stage of human testing in a recent trial.

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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.

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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.

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Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

Despite developments in circulating biomarker and imaging technology in the assessment of cardiovascular disease, the surveillance and diagnosis of heart transplant rejection has continued to rely on histopathologic interpretation of the endomyocardial biopsy.

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Med Page Today

DECEMBER 6, 2023

(MedPage Today) -- WASHINGTON -- Heart transplant patient Eddie Garcia was "feeling like a million bucks" one day in the summer of 2021. He had just gotten back from a 3-mile walk, something he couldn't do prior to his transplant in 2020 -.

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HCPLive

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

Michelle Kittleson, MD, PhD, provides insight into the potential impact of a new risk score for heart transplant allocation as well as the need for more equitable cardiovascular care in the US.

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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.

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Circulation

NOVEMBER 11, 2024

Despite being a heart transplantation candidate, she declined revascularization and sought alternative treatments for angina, dyspnea, and daily activity limitations. EECP may alleviate the need for heart transplantation through its integration as a standard early intervention.

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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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Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery

SEPTEMBER 30, 2024

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

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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."

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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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Science Daily - Heart Disease

AUGUST 20, 2024

The risk of early heart failure after heart transplantation is lower if the donor heart is stored in a so-called heart-in-a-box instead of in the usual cooler with ice.

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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.

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Medical Xpress - Cardiology

AUGUST 16, 2024

The risk of early heart failure after heart transplantation is lower if the donor heart is stored in a so-called heart-in-a-box instead of in the usual cooler with ice. This is according to a study by researchers at the University of Gothenburg.

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HCPLive

JANUARY 26, 2025

Medicaid-insured heart transplant recipients reported worse survival and higher risk of cardiac allograft vasculopathy over 5 years.

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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%.

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Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery

MAY 12, 2024

A 53-year-old woman with the dilated phase of hypertrophic cardiomyopathy underwent orthotopic heart transplantation. The donor heart was evaluated as normal preoperatively without mitral regurgitation or the.

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American College of Cardiology

APRIL 23, 2024

How useful is the 5-tier Scientific Registry of Transplant Recipients (SRTR) ranking for heart transplant programs?

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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.

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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

MAY 31, 2024

By the end of the study cardiologists performed 10% fewer biopsies in the first year post-transplant and 40% fewer in the second year post-transplant despite an increase in follow-up biopsy rates for dual positives. Hanna , CareDx President and CEO.

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Medical Xpress - Cardiology

JANUARY 8, 2025

Continuing significant advancements in the field of xenotransplantation, surgeon-scientists from the University of Maryland School of Medicine provided an extensive analysis on the second patient in the world to receive a genetically-modified pig organ.

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Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery

SEPTEMBER 22, 2024

The outcome of heart transplantation is significantly affected by perioperative infections. Individualised immunosuppression strategies are essential to reduce the risk of such infections.

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Conquering CHD

JANUARY 17, 2025

After struggling with heart failure for the first months of his life, doctors told his parents that Zeke would need a heart transplant immediately. Within one day, our heart transplant team performed the transplant surgery. Now Zane, 6, and Zeke, 5, are living lives the odds said were unlikely.

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Med Page Today

APRIL 11, 2024

(MedPage Today) -- Public report cards for heart transplant centers are under fire for not being meaningful -- potentially even misrepresentative of care quality -- as a given center's ratings may vary wildly from year to year, a study found.

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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. Rhythm disturbances that develop during follow-up can serve as early indicators of graft rejection and should be carefully evaluated.

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