Transplantation - Heart

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 Essentials of Cardiac Surgical Resuscitation,...

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

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...

Video

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...

JANS Article

Assessing Donor-Recipient Size Mismatch in Pediatric Heart Transplantation: Lessons Learned from Over 7,500 Transplants

October 26, 2023 | Malak Elbatarny

This study determined which measurement—height, weight, BMI, BSA, predicted heart mass, total cardiac volume (TCV)—is most important for assessing donor-recipient heart size mismatch. Amdani and colleagues investigated the Pediatric Heart...

JANS Article

Pregnancy in US Transplant Recipients Associated with Significant Risks

October 20, 2023 | Malak Elbatarny

The authors investigated over 100 cases of pregnancies among heart transplant recipients in the US using a national dataset. Heart transplant mothers had a staggering sixteen-fold adjusted risk of severe...

Video

Implantation of a Berlin Heart EXCOR

September 21, 2023 | Monroe McKay…

A previously healthy two-month-old infant born at thirty-six weeks presented with increasing fussiness, a respiratory rate of sixty breaths per minute and an oxygen saturation of 85 percent. A chest...

JANS Article

Prevalence, Characteristics, and Prognostic Relevance of Donor-Transmitted Coronary Artery Disease in Heart Transplant Recipients

August 30, 2023 | Jason TrevisBronze Contributor

The authors reported the prognostic impact of donor transmitted coronary artery disease in heart transplantation in their retrospective multicenter cohort study. They found that TCAD was not associated with reduced...

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