This study examines trends and long-term survival outcomes for heart transplants involving donation after circulatory death (DCD) versus donation after brain death (DBD).
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Heart Transplant
October 3, 2024
October 1, 2024
This video shows the first-ever robotic heart transplant in full resolution and was shared by lead surgeon Dr. Feras Khaliel.
August 29, 2024
Persistent left superior vena cava (PLSVC) encountered during heart transplant in either the donor or the recipient is highly unusual and significantly complicates the operation.
August 28, 2024
CTSNet Senior Editor Sameh Said spoke with Stefan Elde about total beating heart transplants.
August 20, 2024
The authors introduce a beating heart implant in the setting of donor recovery utilizing ex vivo heart perfusion, which can potentially improve primary graft dysfunction rates by eliminating a second cardiac arrest.
August 8, 2024
While treatment of classic septal hypertrophic cardiomyopathy is well established, the treatment for long segment subaortic variant and apical hypertrophy variants are less clearly defined.
June 5, 2024
This report comprises the contents of the presentations and following discussions of a workshop of the German Heart Transplant Centers in Martinsried, Germany on cardiac xenotransplantation.
April 25, 2024
The authors discuss the challenges of creating a successful transplant system in Colombia, where surgeons tackle socioeconomic and technological hurdles with creative solutions.
April 24, 2024
Heart transplantation for adult congenital heart disease (ACHD) is associated with challenging pretransplant support, long waitlists, and high early post-transplant mortality.
March 19, 2024
Heart transplantation (HT) is the only life extending option in adults with congenital heart disease (CHD) and end stage heart failure. This study evaluated outcomes after heart transplantation in adults with univentricular versus biventricular CHD. One-hundred-forty-nine patients were included, 55 of whom (36.9 percent) had univentricular CHD.