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Heart Transplant

March 22, 2021
On March 19, CTSNet hosted a live webinar, moderated by Amy Fiedler, MD, discussing heart transplantation in 2021 and beyond. The recording is now available.
December 15, 2020
This video discusses the TransMedics Organ Care System, which allows normothermic beating donor heart preservation during transport.
October 8, 2020
CTSNet Beat's premier podcast episode is hosted Nikki Stamp, an adult cardiothoracic surgeon from Australia, who discusses the use of embolic filters during cardiac surgery procedures, techniques for donor cardiac heart transplantation, sex differences in thoracic aortic disease, and for residents and trainees, there’s a segment on technique for insertion of intercostal catheters.
August 18, 2020
This video demonstrates the donor heart procurement in heart transplantation.
July 3, 2020
The authors make a brief overview of tricuspid regurgitation associated with congenital heart defects, including morphology, incidence and echocardiographic evaluation.  The status quo of medical and surgical managements and outcomes are also comprehensively reviewed.  
April 30, 2020
CTSNet and the Society of Cardiovascular Anesthesiologists collaborated to host a live webinar on Monday, April 27, on cardiac surgery during COVID-19: ECMO, transplants, elective cases, and the future.
April 24, 2020
Interesting metanalytic review on the effect of binary gender in mammals.
April 16, 2020
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
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.

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