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Early sickle cell disease intervention may lower stroke risk

Medical Xpress - Cardiology

Bone marrow transplantation (BMT) can potentially cure sickle cell disease, an inherited and painful blood disorder, but because of its potential drawbacks and costs, patients and caregivers often face the difficult decision of whether to undergo the procedure.

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Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation Improves Pediatric SCD Outcomes

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

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Lantheus Announces the FDA Approval of DEFINITY as Ultrasound Enhancing Agent for Use in Certain Pediatric Cardiovascular Patients

DAIC

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. 5 Kutty, S., et al (2016).

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Published Research

Society of Thoracic Surgeons - Research

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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Published Research

Society of Thoracic Surgeons - Research

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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Stem Cell Transplant as Cure for Sickle Cell Disease Improves Quality of Life

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Patient-reported outcome measures display positive trends after hematopoietic stem cell transplantation for patients with sickle cell disease.