Transplantation - Heart

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Beating Heart Transplantation After Normothermic Machine Perfusion

October 15, 2026 | Shrikar Modukuri

In a single-institution series of 43 beating-heart transplants performed after normothermic machine perfusion, predominantly using donation after circulatory death (DCD) grafts, Duke University Hospital, Durham, North Carolina, USA, investigators observed a 16.3 percent rate of...

Video

ECS Club | Endoscopic TAVR Explantation

October 16, 2026 | Jae Suk Yoo

This talk features Jae Suk Yoo from the Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery at the University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Seoul, South Korea, and Asan Medical Center, speaking...

JANS Article

Beating Heart Transplantation After Normothermic Machine Perfusion

October 15, 2026 | Shrikar Modukuri

In a single-institution series of 43 beating-heart transplants performed after normothermic machine perfusion, predominantly using donation after circulatory death (DCD) grafts, Duke University Hospital, Durham, North Carolina, USA, investigators observed...

Podcast

The Lifeline: Vasoplegia—New Treatment for an Old Problem

October 14, 2026 | Jill LeySilver Contributor

In this episode of the CTSNet podcast, The Lifeline, host and nurse educator Jill Ley, Clinical Professor at the University of California San Francisco School of Nursing, Founder of the...

Event

First International Society for Organ Preservation and Perfusion Therapy (ISOPPT) Meeting

February 19, 2027

Friday, February 19, 2027 – Saturday, February 20, 2027 @ 12:00 am – 8:00 pm – The future of transplantation begins with the organ. Join us in Torino for the...

JANS Article

Engineered Heart Muscle Allografts for Heart Repair in Primates and Humans

February 13, 2025 | Mateo Marin-CuartasGold Contributor

Researchers have shown that patches of muscle grown from stem cells can help repair a failing heart. A laboratory-grown biological transplant with the potential to stabilize and strengthen the heart...

JANS Article

Transcatheter Valve Replacement in Severe Tricuspid Regurgitation

December 12, 2024 | Mateo Marin-CuartasGold Contributor

In the TRISCEND II trial, a total of 400 patients with severe symptomatic tricuspid regurgitation were randomized in a 2:1 ratio to undergo either transcatheter tricuspid valve replacement with medical...

Video

How I Do It: Pediatric Orthotopic Heart Transplant

June 25, 2024 | Alan ODonnellBronze Contributor…

In this video, the patient is a six-month-old, 6.4 kg infant with a new diagnosis of dilated cardiomyopathy. The patient was at home and presented at the hospital in extremis....

JANS Article

Current Status of Cardiac Xenotransplantation: Report of a Workshop of the German Heart Transplant Centers

June 5, 2024 | Jessica Bogensberger

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. Summary: This report comprises...

JANS Article

Woman Becomes First Patient to Undergo Combined Heart Pump Implant and Pig Kidney Transplant

May 2, 2024 | Cameron LindGold Contributor

A fifty-four-year-old woman became the first person to simultaneously receive a gene-edited pig kidney transplant and mechanical heart valve implantation. Surgeons performed the heart pump procedure first before performing the...

Article

Facing the Challenges of Heart and Lung Harvesting and Procurement in Resource Limited Settings: Colombia

April 25, 2024 | Eric Vinck…

Background The first heart transplant in Colombia was performed in Medellín on December 1, 1985 and the first successful lung transplant in Colombia was performed on October 28, 1997 at...

JANS Article

Trends and Outcomes of Heart Transplantation in Adults With Congenital Heart Disease

April 24, 2024 | EACTS StaffSilver Contributor

Heart transplantation for adult congenital heart disease (ACHD) is associated with challenging pretransplant support, long waitlists, and high early post-transplant mortality. The authors used 2,737 patients from the United Network...

JANS Article

Long-term Outcomes of Heart Transplantation in Adults With Univentricular Versus Biventricular Congenital Heart Disease

March 19, 2024 | EACTS StaffSilver Contributor

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...

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