Transplantation - Heart

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ASAIO 2026 | Celsior Cold Storage and Myocardial Edema in DCD Heart Donation

September 18, 2026

This session features Rishav Bhattacharya from the Michael E. DeBakey Department of Surgery, at Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, USA, presenting on “Celsior Cold Storage Attenuates Myocardial Edema in Human Hearts Donation After Circulatory...

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ASAIO 2026 | Implantable Durable MCS: Did We Miss the Boat?

October 8, 2026 | Mark Slaughter

This session features Mark S. Slaughter, Professor and Chair of the Department of Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery and Medical Director of the Cardiovascular Innovation Institute at the University of Louisville,...

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ASAIO 2026 | Celsior Cold Storage and Myocardial Edema in DCD Heart Donation

September 18, 2026

This session features Rishav Bhattacharya from the Michael E. DeBakey Department of Surgery, at Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, USA, presenting on “Celsior Cold Storage Attenuates Myocardial Edema in...

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The Beat With Joel Dunning Ep. 165: Valve-Sparing Aortic Root Replacement Techniques

July 16, 2026 | Joel DunningGold ContributorSilver Commentor…

This week on The Beat, CTSNet Editor-in-Chief Joel Dunning spoke with Dr. Chris Malaisrie, a Professor of Surgery in the Division of Cardiac Surgery at Northwestern University and an Attending...

JANS Article

Gene-Edited Pig Cardiac Xenotransplantation as a Bridge to Allotransplantation in Infants: Progress in a Pig-to-Baboon Model

July 9, 2026 | Ali MashadiSilver Contributor

Cleveland and colleagues present a translational study evaluating porcine cardiac xenotransplantation as a potential bridge to allotransplantation in infants with congenital heart disease. A total of 15 baboons underwent implantation...

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...

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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...

JANS Article

Up to an Hour of Donor Resuscitation Does Not Affect Pediatric Heart Transplantation Survival

March 14, 2024 | Jo ChikweSilver Contributor

Between 2001 and 2021, 51 percent (n = 28,012) of US pediatric heart donors underwent cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR). Donor acceptance was lower after CPR (54 percent versus 66 percent; P...

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Orthotopic Heart Transplantation

February 6, 2024 | Debasis Das…

Despite the emergence of various innovative therapies for individuals suffering from advanced heart failure, such as significant advancements in mechanical circulatory support, biventricular pacing, and stem cell treatments, heart transplantation...

JANS Article

Increasing Donor-Recipient Weight Mismatch in Infant Heart Transplantation: Waitlist Benefits and Equal Outcomes

February 1, 2024 | EACTS StaffSilver Contributor

Infants awaiting pediatric heart transplantation (PHT) have long waitlist duration and high mortality due to donor shortage. This study examined whether increased donor-recipient weight ratio (DRWR) higher than 2.0, the...

JANS Article

World’s Second Genetically Modified Pig Heart Transplant Patient Dies

November 9, 2023 | Mateo Marin-CuartasGold Contributor

An official press release from the University of Maryland School of Medicine announced the passing of Mr. Lawrence Faucette, the patient with terminal heart failure who received the world’s second...

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