Conquering CHD

JANUARY 17, 2025

Seeing two brothers have HLHS is extremely rare and even more rare is how differently the condition presented in each child, says Childrens Hospital Colorado cardiothoracic surgeon Max Mitchell, MD, who performed the procedures on Zane and advised on Zekes care. Within one day, our heart transplant team performed the transplant surgery.

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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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HCPLive

JANUARY 24, 2025

Factors associated with 30-day readmission were shorter hospital stays after transplant, insurance status, and patient history of diabetes and malignancy.

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DAIC

MARCH 6, 2024

Food and Drug Adminstration (FDA) has approved DEFINITY (Perflutren Lipid Microsphere) as an ultrasound enhancing agent for use in pediatric patients with suboptimal echocardiograms, including those who have undergone heart transplant, or have Kawasaki disease or a congenital cardiovascular anomaly.

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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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Becker's Hospital Review - Cardiology

AUGUST 5, 2024

The United Network for Organ Sharing pediatric transplant list does not rank patients by medical need, according to a study published Aug. 5 in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology.

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Stroke Journal

JANUARY 30, 2025

Introduction:Pediatric heart transplant (PHT) recipient survival has improved. Demographic, and pre-, intra-, and post-PHT clinical, brain imaging and RT (physical, occupational, speech and feeding therapy) data were collected up to PHT hospitalization. Stroke, Volume 56, Issue Suppl_1 , Page ATP261-ATP261, February 1, 2025.

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Journal of the American Heart Association

DECEMBER 1, 2023

Recently, the ductus arteriosus stent (DAS) has become a viable alternative.Methods and ResultsThis was a retrospective multicenter study of neonates ≤30 days undergoing DAS or Blalock‐Taussig‐Thomas shunt placement between January 1, 2017 and December 31, 2020 at hospitals reporting to the Pediatric Health Information Systems database.

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MIBHS

SEPTEMBER 30, 2024

The journey often begins with a referral to a pediatric cardiologist, who specializes in diagnosing and treating heart conditions in children. It’s essential to work with a pediatric cardiologist who has experience with congenital heart defects. Hospital stays, surgeries, medications, and ongoing treatments can add up quickly.

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Wellnest

JANUARY 24, 2024

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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Circulation

NOVEMBER 11, 2024

It has changed the fate of young patients with large tumors who would have otherwise needed heart transplants, offering high suture strength and reducing postoperative complications. 2 steps were performed during modified ventricular reconstruction procedure. During a median follow-up period of 17.4

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DAIC

MAY 15, 2024

The HeartMate 3 is used for both short- and long-term support in pediatric and adult patients with severe left ventricular heart failure. It can be used while waiting for a heart transplant, to help the heart recover, or as a permanent solution when a transplant isn't an option.

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DAIC

APRIL 15, 2024

It can be used while waiting for a heart transplant, to help the heart recover, or as a permanent solution when a transplant isn't an option. HeartMate 3 can also be used in pediatric patients. The devices are used both inside and outside of the hospital. Reason for Recall Abbott/Thoratec Corp.

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Cardiometabolic Health Congress

MARCH 8, 2024

However, women remain concentrated in certain specialties (pediatrics and women’s specialties) and are less likely to be promoted to healthcare leadership roles. Fatima Cody Stanford, MD: Practices and teaches at Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School.

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Society of Thoracic Surgeons - Research

APRIL 20, 2023

Institutional Coronary Artery Bypass Case Volumes and Outcomes European Journal of Heart Failure October 2023 Makoto Mori Robotic Mitral Valve Repair for Degenerative Mitral Regurgitation The Annals of Thoracic Surgery August 2023 Carlos Diaz-Castrillion Volume-Failure to Rescue Relationship in Acute Type A Aortic Dissections: An Analysis of The Society (..)

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Society of Thoracic Surgeons - Research

APRIL 20, 2023

Institutional Coronary Artery Bypass Case Volumes and Outcomes European Journal of Heart Failure October 2023 Makoto Mori 1 Robotic Mitral Valve Repair for Degenerative Mitral Regurgitation The Annals of Thoracic Surgery August 2023 Carlos Diaz-Castrillion 2 Volume-Failure to Rescue Relationship in Acute Type A Aortic Dissections: An Analysis of The (..)

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Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

DECEMBER 5, 2023

Acute coronary syndrome in a pediatric patient? Written by Kirsten Morrissey, MD with edits by Bracey, Grauer, Meyers, and Smith An older teen was transferred from an outside hospital with elevated serum troponin and and ECG demonstrating ST elevations. The workup at the transferring hospital yielded elevated troponin I at 18.1

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