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Pediatric Heart Transplant Immunosuppression
Immunosuppression management in pediatric heart transplantation is a field that continues to evolve. The goal of immunosuppressive regimens is to... -
Novel Diagnostics for Pediatric Heart Transplant Rejection
Purpose of ReviewDiagnosis of pediatric heart transplant rejection has historically relied on endomyocardial biopsy and clinical assessment. This...
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Kidney transplant outcomes in children with simultaneous versus sequential heart–kidney transplants
BackgroundHeart transplant recipients frequently require kidney transplantation for concomitant advanced chronic kidney disease. Data on simultaneous...
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Combined Heart Kidney Transplantation Versus Heart Transplant in Patients with Renal Failure: Contemporary Insights and Future Perspectives
Purpose of ReviewIn this review, we aim to outline the criteria regarding the evaluation of patients with chronic renal disease (CKD) awaiting heart...
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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...
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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... -
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... -
The impact of COVID-19 infection on heart transplant function
BackgroundHeart transplant recipients are a subset of immunocompromised patients at particularly high risk of morbidity and mortality from COVID-19....
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Characterization of the stanford integrated psychosocial assessment for transplant for heart, liver, and kidney transplant candidates in Japan
BackgroundThe Stanford Integrated Psychosocial Assessment for Transplantation (SIPAT) is a comprehensive psychosocial assessment proven useful for...
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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...
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Transcatheter aortic valve replacement 23 years after heart transplant for aortic insufficiency
BackgroundClinicians continue to expand the availability of transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) for patients who historically would have...
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PET Myocardial Blood Flow for Post-transplant Surveillance and Cardiac Allograft Vasculopathy in Heart Transplant Recipients
Purpose of ReviewCardiac allograft vasculopathy (CAV) is a late-occurring complication of heart transplantation significantly limiting overall graft...
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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...
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H2FPEF Scores Are Increased in Patients with NASH Cirrhosis and Are Associated with Post-liver Transplant Heart Failure
IntroductionPatients with cirrhosis are at risk for cardiac complications such as heart failure, particularly heart failure with preserved ejection...
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Towards Allograft Longevity: Leveraging Omics Technologies to Improve Heart Transplant Outcomes
Purpose of ReviewHeart transplantation (HT) remains the optimal therapy for patients living with end-stage heart disease. Despite recent improvements...
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Fontan-Associated Liver Disease and the Double Organ Transplant: Addressing the Heart of the Argument
Purpose of ReviewDescribe the history, background, histopathology, and current practices of Fontan-associated liver disease (FALD), a universal...
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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...
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Evolutions in Combined Heart-Kidney Transplant
Purpose of ReviewThis review describes management practices, outcomes, and allocation policies in candidates for simultaneous heart-kidney...
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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...
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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...