The UNOS donor heart allocation system was revised in 2018, giving priority to patients on inpatient mechanical circulatory support (MCS). Patients admitted with heart failure-associated cardiogenic shock were tracked for the frequency of use of mechanical circulatory support before and after implementation of this change. In non-transplant center
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Heart Transplant
April 2, 2020
Quite refreshing well-written experimental paper leaving promises of artificial organoids.
February 25, 2020
This video discusses tips and tricks in donor heart harvesting and heart transplantation that the authors have learned after performing 200 cases.
February 20, 2020
In this Giants of Cardiothoracic Surgery interview, Joel Dunning speaks with Oscar Howard “Bud” Frazier about his career and experience with mechanical hearts.
February 4, 2020
Robert Sade moderates a debate on the appropriate course of care in the fictional case of a child who cannot be weaned from bypass following mitral valve surgery with Minoo Davarana and Jessica Turnbull.
January 30, 2020
The American Association for Thoracic Surgery and International Society for Heart and Lung Transplantation provide a consensus guidelines document on ten important aspects in mechanical circulatory support. These include:
January 7, 2020
Leanne Harling interviews Stephen Westaby about his extraordinary career in cardiac surgery, from his early interest in cardiac surgery to his pursuit of innovative treatments, including the artificial heart.
August 23, 2019
Excellent and brief summary of the debate on functional mitral regurgitation on mechanical support.
August 13, 2019
The translational value for cardiac transplantation of this prospective multi-centre clinical study of vasodilation in amyloidosis remains to be evaluated.
June 4, 2019
Left ventricular ejection fraction was not a predictor of outcomes after heart transplant, and was normal in all recipients at 1 year posttransplant. The reliance on generic transthoracic echocardiography for donor assessment may well be the Achilles heel of this retrospective case study.