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Noninvasive Positive Pressure Ventilation in Lung Transplant Recipients
Lung transplantation is a lifesaving therapy for many patients with end-stage lung diseases. In the most recent report of the International Society...
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Obesity, organ failure, and transplantation: a review of the role of metabolic and bariatric surgery in transplant candidates and recipients
Obesity is a risk factor for kidney, liver, heart, and pulmonary diseases, as well as failure. Solid organ transplantation remains the definitive...
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DeepLabV3+ Ensemble for Diagnosis of Cardiac Transplant Rejection
Heart transplantation is a complex procedure, often joined with complications such as cardiac transplant rejection. Current diagnostic methods...
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Outcomes of left-sided heart valve surgery after heart transplantation: a systematic review
As the survival after heart transplantation (HTx) is steadily improving, an increasing number of patients with late cardiac pathologies such as...
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Optimizing the liver transplant candidate
The purpose of this review is to highlight common and best practices in liver transplant evaluation and management, particularly on how to best...
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Immunotherapy in the Solid Organ Transplant Recipient
Checkpoint inhibitor immunotherapy has limited data in the immunosuppressed solid organ transplant recipient population as early use in this...
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Pulmonary transplant complications: a radiologic review
Lung transplantation has become the definitive treatment for end stage respiratory disease. Numbers and survival rates have increased over the past...
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Prognostic value of feature-tracking right ventricular longitudinal strain in heart transplant recipients
ObjectivesThe prognostic value of cardiac magnetic resonance feature tracking (CMR-FT)–derived right ventricular longitudinal strain (RVLS)...
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Evaluation and post-transplant management of children after multi-organ-with-kidney transplantation
Multi-organ transplantation involves the transplant of two or more organs from a single donor into a single recipient; in most cases, one of these...
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Heart Transplantation
Since the first successful orthotopic heart transplant in 1967, medical, surgical, and technological advances have transformed cardiac...
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Oral semaglutide in kidney transplant recipients with metabolic syndrome: three Japanese cases
BackgroundRenal transplant recipients with chronic kidney disease often develop post-transplant diabetes mellitus or metabolic syndrome (MetS), which...
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Combined Liver and Kidney Transplant
Single organ liver and kidney transplants are well established as standards of care for selected patients with severe liver and kidney disease,...
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Prognostic value of patient-reported outcome measures in adult heart-transplant patients: a systematic review
BackgroundThe aim of this systematic review was to describe the prognostic value of patient-reported outcome measures (PROMs) in adult...
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Effect of preoperative pulmonary artery pressure on the prognosis of end-stage heart failure patients after heart transplantation
ObjectiveTo evaluate the effect of preoperative pulmonary artery pressure on perioperative outcome of end-stage heart failure patients undergoing...
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The Evolution of Mechanical Assistance for the Failing Heart
The history of the clinical use of mechanical circulatory assistance can be considered to encompass five different but overlap** eras. The first...
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Heart Transplantation and Mechanical Circulatory Support in the Pediatric and Congenital Heart Patient
End stage heart failure in pediatric patients and patients with congenital heart disease (CHD) not treatable with maximum medical or surgical...
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Clinical Application of Frailty in the Evaluation of Solid Organ Transplant Patients
Purpose of reviewFrailty is increasingly recognized as an important predictor of mortality and morbidity in patients across various medical...
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Technique and Controversies of Heart-Lung Transplantation
Combined heart-lung transplantation is the treatment of choice for selected patients with concomitant end-stage heart failure and end-stage lung...
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Device Innovations in Pediatric Heart Failure
Purpose of ReviewThis review will discuss the evolving epidemiology of heart failure in children and young adults and the innovations/changes in...
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Autologous Ovary Transplant in Pelvic Sarcoma: Two Case Reports and Review of Literature on Gonad Transplant
Gonad transplant is an underutilized procedure despite advances in various organ transplant and microvascular techniques in the last two decades. We...
