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Donated Heart Valves Still Growing a Year After World's 1st Partial Heart Transplant

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(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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Researchers reprogram skin cells to create human-compatible pig heart valve

Medical Xpress - Cardiology

Human skin cells have been reprogrammed into heart valve cells and then used to successfully transplant a pig heart valve into a rodent, led by the research of a Northeastern University professor.

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Partial heart transplantation: a new option for paediatric heart valve replacement

Nature Reviews - Cardiology

Nature Reviews Cardiology, Published online: 23 January 2024; doi:10.1038/s41569-024-00991-6 Heart valve replacement in newborn babies remains an unsolved problem because currently used heart valve implants do not grow.

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Smidt Heart Institute Experts Selected to Join JACC Editorial Team

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Kittleson, director of Heart Failure Research and director of Post Graduate Medical Education in Heart Failure and Transplantation, is an associate editor specializing in heart failure. Gupta, an interventional and structural cardiologist, is one of the journal’s new executive associate editors.

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Latest Medical News: Partial Heart Transplant of an Infant

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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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Understanding an Enlarged Heart (Cardiomegaly): Causes, Symptoms, and Treatment

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High Blood Pressure (Hypertension) Persistent high blood pressure forces the heart to work harder to pump blood. Over time, this additional strain causes the heart muscle to thicken, enlarging the heart. Antiarrhythmics to help manage abnormal heart rhythms.

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The Texas Heart Institute Collaborates on Multi-institutional DOD Grant to Develop Novel Left Ventricular Assist Device

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Patients with heart failure often experience reduced mobility, quality of life and ability to work; the disease also represents a significant public health care burden. Heart failure is a progressively worsening disease, and there is no effective medicine to treat end-stage heart failure.