Transplantation - Heart

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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 of gene-edited porcine cardiac xenografts....

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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...

Podcast

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...

Video

Orthotopic Heart Transplant Using Bicaval Technique Part 2: Implantation of Donor Heart

March 8, 2023 | Suguru Ohira…

After the donor heart arrives (see Orthotopic Heart Transplant Using Bicaval Technique Part 1: Recipient Cardiectomy for that procedure), additional cardioplegia is given. The anatomy, such as the patent foramen...

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Orthotopic Heart Transplant Using Bicaval Technique Part 1: Recipient Cardiectomy

March 7, 2023 | Suguru Ohira…

To begin the cardiectomy, the sternum is opened in a standard full sternotomy. The ascending aorta, superior vena cava (SVC) and inferior vena cava (IVC) are isolated and umbilical tape...

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Zhejiang Performs China’s First Minimally Invasive Artificial Heart Implant Surgery

February 23, 2023 | Cameron LindGold Contributor

The first minimally invasive artificial heart transplant surgery in China was completed in a patient experiencing severe heart failure. By implanting the left ventricular assist device using only two small...

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Outcomes of Over 1000 Heart Transplants Using Hepatitis C-Positive Donors in the Modern Era

February 23, 2023 | Cameron LindGold Contributor

Because of advances in the treatment of hepatitis C virus (HCV), an increasing number of HCV-positive donors have become eligible to donate for heart transplant. This study aimed to conclude...

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All-Female UCSF Surgical Team Performs Heart Transplant Surgery, In Likely Historical First

February 16, 2023 | Cameron LindGold Contributor

At UCSF, which has one of the longest running organ transplant programs in the United States, an all-women team led by Dr. Amy Fiedler performed a heart transplant for the...

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The International Society for Heart and Lung Transplantation/Heart Failure Society of America Guideline on Acute Mechanical Circulatory Support

February 12, 2023 | Wei-Guo MaGold Contributor

This guideline on acute mechanical circulatory support covers medical and surgical treatment of cardiogenic and pulmonary shock, management of patients supported with temporary mechanical circulatory support devices, complications, special populations,...

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Risks of Infectious Disease in Xenotransplantation

December 19, 2022 | Aristotle ProtopapasGold ContributorGold Commentor

A free-access short editorial summarising a clinical question that may become central in cardiothoracic practice in future. The two paragraphs on Coronaviruses are of more generalised interest. Surgeons embarking in...

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Study Demonstrates Unexpected Electrical Changes in First Successful Transplant of Genetically Modified Pig Heart

November 17, 2022 | Cameron LindGold Contributor

Researchers continue to report findings from the first genetically modified pig heart transplant into a human ten months after the surgery. Their latest study found unexpected electrocardiogram results in the...

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