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1. Pediatric Heart Transplant Immunosuppression

   Immunosuppression management in pediatric heart transplantation is a field that continues to evolve. The goal of immunosuppressive regimens is to...

   Jessica A. Laks, Anne I. Dipchand in Pediatric Solid Organ Transplantation

   Chapter 2023
   

2. Novel Diagnostics for Pediatric Heart Transplant Rejection

   Purpose of Review

   Diagnosis of pediatric heart transplant rejection has historically relied on endomyocardial biopsy and clinical assessment. This...

   Manu R. Varma, Ana L. Vasquez Choy, ... Brian Feingold in Current Pediatrics Reports

   Article 24 November 2023

3. Kidney transplant outcomes in children with simultaneous versus sequential heart–kidney transplants

   Background

   Heart transplant recipients frequently require kidney transplantation for concomitant advanced chronic kidney disease. Data on simultaneous...

   Ruchi Gupta Mahajan, Michael Evans, Sarah Kizilbash in Pediatric Nephrology

   Article 01 June 2024
   

4. Combined Heart Kidney Transplantation Versus Heart Transplant in Patients with Renal Failure: Contemporary Insights and Future Perspectives

   Purpose of Review

   In this review, we aim to outline the criteria regarding the evaluation of patients with chronic renal disease (CKD) awaiting heart...

   Anju Bhardwaj, Preethi Pirlamarla, ... Indranee Rajapreyar in Current Cardiology Reports

   Article 31 January 2024
   

5. Programmatic Palliative Care Consultations in Pediatric Heart Transplant Evaluations

   Guidelines advocate for integrating palliative care into the management of heart failure (HF) and of children with life-limiting disease. The...

   Erika J. Mejia, Rui **ao, ... Meeta Prasad Kerlin in Pediatric Cardiology

   Article 08 March 2024
   

6. Imaging in Post Heart Transplant Patients

   Cardiac allograft rejection and vasculopathy are major causes of morbidity and mortality in heart transplant recipients. Endomyocardial biopsy is the...

   Vineeta Ojha in Case-based Atlas of Cardiac Imaging

   Chapter 2023
   

7. Major Complications of Heart Transplant Surgery

   Orthotopic heart transplantation technique, since its introduction by Lower and Shumway in 1960, has been the same except for the introduction of...

   Antonino Massimiliano Grande, Antonio Fiore in The High-risk Surgical Patient

   Chapter 2023
   

8. The impact of COVID-19 infection on heart transplant function

   Background

   Heart transplant recipients are a subset of immunocompromised patients at particularly high risk of morbidity and mortality from COVID-19....

   Micaela MacKay, Jeremy C. Tomcho, Wissam Khalife in Bulletin of the National Research Centre

   Article Open access 18 August 2023
   

9. Characterization of the stanford integrated psychosocial assessment for transplant for heart, liver, and kidney transplant candidates in Japan

   Background

   The Stanford Integrated Psychosocial Assessment for Transplantation (SIPAT) is a comprehensive psychosocial assessment proven useful for...

   Kosuke Takano, Hidehiro Oshibuchi, ... Katsuji Nishimura in BioPsychoSocial Medicine

   Article Open access 17 July 2023
   

10. A review of heart transplant immunosuppressants and nonmelanoma skin cancer

    Heart transplant recipients experience high rates of skin cancer, likely due to greater length or dosage of immunosuppression. We review the impact...

    Daphne G. Eckembrecher, Francelia J. Eckembrecher, ... Keyvan Nouri in Archives of Dermatological Research

    Article 31 May 2023

11. Transcatheter aortic valve replacement 23 years after heart transplant for aortic insufficiency

    Background

    Clinicians continue to expand the availability of transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) for patients who historically would have...

    Andrew Jones, Hossein Amirjamshidi, ... Kazuhiro Hisamoto in Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery

    Article Open access 07 October 2023
    

12. PET Myocardial Blood Flow for Post-transplant Surveillance and Cardiac Allograft Vasculopathy in Heart Transplant Recipients

    Purpose of Review

    Cardiac allograft vasculopathy (CAV) is a late-occurring complication of heart transplantation significantly limiting overall graft...

    Attila Feher, Edward J. Miller in Current Cardiology Reports

    Article 24 October 2022
    

13. Contemporary Outcomes of Heart Transplantation in Children with Heterotaxy Syndrome: Sub-Optimal Pre-Transplant Optimization Translates into Early Post-Transplant Mortality

    Patients with heterotaxy syndrome and congenital heart disease (CHD) experience inferior cardiac surgical outcomes. Heart transplantation outcomes...

    Jason W. Greenberg, Amalia Guzman-Gomez, ... David L. S. Morales in Pediatric Cardiology

    Article 22 February 2023
    

14. H2FPEF Scores Are Increased in Patients with NASH Cirrhosis and Are Associated with Post-liver Transplant Heart Failure

    Introduction

    Patients with cirrhosis are at risk for cardiac complications such as heart failure, particularly heart failure with preserved ejection...

    David G. Koch, Don C. Rockey, ... Ryan J. Tedford in Digestive Diseases and Sciences

    Article Open access 23 May 2024
    

15. Towards Allograft Longevity: Leveraging Omics Technologies to Improve Heart Transplant Outcomes

    Purpose of Review

    Heart transplantation (HT) remains the optimal therapy for patients living with end-stage heart disease. Despite recent improvements...

    Lauren K. Truby, Dimitri Maamari, ... Thomas J. Wang in Current Heart Failure Reports

    Article 15 November 2023
    

16. Fontan-Associated Liver Disease and the Double Organ Transplant: Addressing the Heart of the Argument

    Purpose of Review

    Describe the history, background, histopathology, and current practices of Fontan-associated liver disease (FALD), a universal...

    Naseem Ravanbakhsh, Juliet Emamaullee in Current Treatment Options in Pediatrics

    Article 09 May 2024
    

17. Posttransplant lymphoproliferative disorder in a heart transplant recipient: a case report

    Malignancy in heart transplant recipients is a grave complication. Post-transplant lymphoproliferative disorder (PTLD) is the second most common...

    Manoj Kumar Sahu, Sarvesh Pal Singh, ... Sandeep Seth in Indian Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery

    Article 14 June 2023
    

18. Evolutions in Combined Heart-Kidney Transplant

    Purpose of Review

    This review describes management practices, outcomes, and allocation policies in candidates for simultaneous heart-kidney...

    Rashmi Jain, Michelle M. Kittleson in Current Heart Failure Reports

    Article Open access 17 January 2024
    

19. Early Postoperative Volume Overload is a Predictor of 1-Year Post-Transplant Mortality in Pediatric Heart Transplant Recipients

    Fluid restriction and diuretic management are mainstays in the postoperative management of cardiac patients, at risk of volume overload and its...

    Michelle J. Lim, Myung-Shin Sim, ... Myke Federman in Pediatric Cardiology

    Article Open access 22 March 2023

20. Expanding treatment horizons: transcatheter mitral valve-in-valve replacement in bridging to heart transplant

    Transcatheter mitral valve (MV) replacement is an option in complex MV disease with potentially more predictable treatment outcomes and less...

    Milan Chag, Kishore Gupta, ... Chintan Sheth in Indian Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery

    Article 09 January 2024