American College of Cardiology

MARCH 30, 2025

Towbin, MD, FACC, has evolved to be a renowned leader, researcher and clinician in pediatric cardiology. 25 on Saturday during the Opening Showcase Session.

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DAIC

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

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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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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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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Medical Xpress - Cardiology

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

Receiving a heart transplant is a matter of life and death for many patients. Every time a heart becomes available, a "match run" is created to generate a list of transplant candidates ranked by an algorithm based on medical urgency, geography and pediatric status.

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Medical Xpress - Cardiology

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

Pediatric heart transplantation has long been hailed as a life-saving intervention for children suffering from end-stage heart failure. While the procedure offers hope, the long-term outcomes for these young patients remain suboptimal due to allograft rejection and graft failure.

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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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HCPLive

JANUARY 10, 2025

Non-Hispanic Black and Hispanic children were less likely to undergo preemptive KT and had longer wait times than non-Hispanic White children.

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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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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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Conquering CHD

JANUARY 17, 2025

At their first appointment, the family met with a complete team of fetal and pediatric heart specialists, maternal fetal medicine experts, genetic counselors and other doctors to review and confirm Zanes diagnosis. Within one day, our heart transplant team performed the transplant surgery.

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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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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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HeartRhythm

AUGUST 21, 2024

Among pediatric patients undergoing orthotopic heart transplantation (OHT), 1-12% are reported to need a permanent pacemaker (PPM).1 1 There are limited studies on the outcomes of PPM placement, and the role of implantable cardioverter-defibrillator (ICD) in pediatric OHT remains unclear.

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Circulation

JANUARY 9, 2025

BACKGROUND:The United Network of Organ Sharing made changes to the priority for allocation of hearts for transplantation (HT) in 2016 for pediatric patients and 2018 for adult patients. Circulation, Ahead of Print.

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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

JANUARY 28, 2024

Circulation, Volume 149, Issue 5 , Page 339-341, January 30, 2024.

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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. We did not identify significant risk factors for arrhythmias post-HT.

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HCPLive

APRIL 9, 2024

A systematic review and meta-analysis of HSCT in children with sickle cell disease demonstrated pooled survival rates exceeding 90%.

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HeartRhythm

OCTOBER 7, 2024

When intractable, heart transplant (HTX) can become the only viable treatment. Arrhythmias can lead to cardiac arrest (CA) and heart failure. This rare, high-risk cohort has not been reported as a distinct group.

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Stroke Journal

JANUARY 30, 2025

Introduction:Pediatric heart transplant (PHT) recipient survival has improved. Stroke, Volume 56, Issue Suppl_1 , Page ATP261-ATP261, February 1, 2025. Yet, neurologic morbidity related to heart failure and its treatment persist.

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Circulation: Genomic and Precision Medicine

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

Background:Many cardiovascular disorders propel the development of advanced heart failure that necessitates cardiac transplantation. The frequency of pathogenic variants was similar in pediatric (42.9%) and adult (43.6%) samples, but the distribution of mutated genes differed (P=8.30×10-4).

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Circulation

MARCH 11, 2024

Hematopoietic stem cell transplantation can cure various disorders but poses cardiovascular risks, especially for elderly patients and those with cardiovascular diseases. In pediatric patients, left ventricular systolic dysfunction and pericardial effusion are the most common cardiovascular complications.

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Journal of the American Heart Association

JANUARY 12, 2024

BackgroundPediatric dilated cardiomyopathy often leads to death or cardiac transplantation. Within 1 year after diagnosis, 40 (5.0%) of the 794 eligible children had died, 117 (14.7%) had undergone cardiac transplantation, and 585 (73.7%) had survived without transplantation. P<0.001).ConclusionsProgressive

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Circulation

NOVEMBER 11, 2024

The association between a lower rate of MAE and EMB persisted in the multivariate model when those with heart transplant who had EMB were compared to those without heart transplant who did not have EMB p=0.001. We collected demographic, pre-procedural, procedural, and outcome-related variables.

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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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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

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 HeartMate II and 3 are used for both short- and long-term support in adult patients with severe left ventricular heart failure.

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Circulation

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

BACKGROUND:Much of our knowledge of organ rejection after transplantation is derived from rodent models.METHODS:We used single-nucleus RNA sequencing to investigate the inflammatory myocardial microenvironment in human pediatric cardiac allografts at different stages after transplantation. Circulation, Ahead of Print.

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Circulation: Cardiovascular Imaging

DECEMBER 16, 2024

Noninvasive surrogates for RVAC using echocardiographic estimates of right ventricular function, such as tricuspid annular plane systolic excursion (TAPSE), have been shown to correlate with invasively measured RVAC and predict clinical outcomes in pediatric pulmonary arterial hypertension.

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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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Circulation

NOVEMBER 11, 2024

Aryl hydrocarbon receptor (AHR) knockout mice and germ-free (GF) mice as well as fecal microbiota transplantation were used to clarify its mechanism.Results:Abnormally elevated plasma kynurenine (Kyn) was detected in both the patient cohort and the mouse model.

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Circulation: Arrhythmia and Electrophysiology

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

This study aimed to investigate the early and late efficacy, survival, and safety of CRT in patients with tetralogy of Fallot.METHODS:Data were analyzed from an observational, retrospective, multicenter cohort, initiated jointly by the Pediatric and Congenital Electrophysiology Society and the International Society of Adult Congenital Heart Disease.

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Society of Thoracic Surgeons - Research

MAY 5, 2023

Each collection includes articles, expert commentary, case reports, and more in categories like Aorta, Congenital & Pediatric, Education & Professional Development, Mediastinum & Esophagus, and Perioperative & Critical Care. On the Short Reports homepage , scroll to Collections and click on a topic heading.

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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. Open communication is key, allowing siblings to express their feelings and concerns.

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Society of Thoracic Surgeons - Research

APRIL 20, 2023

Laurie Shroyer Geographic Variations in Lung Cancer Lobectomy Outcomes: The General Thoracic Surgery Database The Annals of Thoracic Surgery November 2017 Michael Durheim Mortality and Respiratory Failure After Thoracoscopic Lung Biopsy for Interstitial Lung Disease The Annals of Thoracic Surgery August 2017 Daniel Boffa Surgically Managed Clinical (..)

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