Transplantation - Heart

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A Comparison of DCD Heart Transplantation in Europe and the United States: A Multi-Centre, Retrospective Study

May 28, 2026 | Mujtaba MubashirGold Contributor

This retrospective observational study aimed to compare clinical outcomes and demographics of donation after circulatory death (DCD) heart transplantation (HT) between European and United States (US) centers. Analyzing 504 patients across 22 international institutions, the...

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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...

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Robotic MVR, MAZE Procedure, and Appendage Ligation at King Faisal Hospital

July 1, 2026 | Joel DunningGold ContributorSilver Commentor…

This video series showcases a robotic mitral valve replacement performed by Dr. Feras Khaliel, a world leader in robotics, at King Faisal Specialist Hospital, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. CTSNet Editor-in-Chief Joel...

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SCTS 2026 | Mesenchymal Stem Cells and Transplants

June 12, 2026 | Laurens Ceulemans…

At the Society for Cardiothoracic Surgery in Great Britain and Ireland Annual Meeting, leading surgeons presented on mesenchymal stem cells and transplants. Dr. Laurens Ceulemans, a thoracic and transplant surgeon...

Podcast

The Beat With Joel Dunning Ep. 160: Shifting Healthcare Policy in Surgery

June 11, 2026 | Joel DunningGold ContributorSilver Commentor…

This week on The Beat, CTSNet Editor-in-Chief Joel Dunning spoke with Dr. Nikki Stamp, a cardiothoracic surgeon at Mount Private Hospital in Perth, Western Australia, who also serves as an...

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Commentary: Mitral Valve Repair With Left Ventricular Assist Device Implantation: Yes! But Who?

August 23, 2019 | Aristotle ProtopapasGold Commentor

Excellent and brief summary of the debate on functional mitral regurgitation on mechanical support.

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Reactive Vasodilation Predicts Mortality in Primary Systemic Light Chain (AL) Amyloidosis

August 13, 2019 | Aristotle ProtopapasGold Commentor

The translational value for cardiac transplantation of this prospective multi-centre clinical study of vasodilation in amyloidosis remains to be evaluated.

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Long-Term Transplant Outcomes of Donor Hearts With Left Ventricular Dysfunction

June 4, 2019 | Aristotle ProtopapasGold Commentor

Left ventricular ejection fraction was not a predictor of outcomes after heart transplant, and was normal in all recipients at 1 year posttransplant. The reliance on generic transthoracic echocardiography for...

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Donation After Cardiac Death Heart Transplantation: The New Frontier

May 30, 2019 | Maziar Khorsandi

Simon Messer, a specialist trainee registrar in cardiothoracic surgery and a researcher on heart donation after cardiac death (DCD) at the Royal Papworth Hospital in the UK, presents his center’s...

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What Number Are We? Donor Sequence and Outcomes of Heart Transplantation

May 21, 2019 | Amy Fiedler

The authors utilized a retrospective review of the UNOS database from 2007-2014 to evaluate the impact of donor sequence number (DSN) on outcomes. Specifically, they interestingly identified that survival is...

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In Global News: Cardiac Regeneration in Pigs, Health Effects of Marijuana Use, and Running to Reduce Aortic Stiffness

May 10, 2019 | Claire Vernon

Patient Care and General Interest As state-specific regulations around marijuana change in the US, physicians and surgeons express concern about the dearth of information about the potential long-term harmful effects...

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Heart and Lung Transplants From HCV-Infected Donors to Uninfected Recipients

April 28, 2019 | Arie BlitzBronze ContributorSilver Commentor

The authors of this single-center open-label pilot trial evaluated the intermediate-term outcomes of patients undergoing either heart (n=8) or lung (n=36) transplantation from donors that had evidence of active hepatitis...

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In Global News: Airbnb for Cancer Treatment, Comics for Informing Consent, and Reducing Tobacco Use

April 12, 2019 | Claire Vernon

Patient Care and General Interest Washington state will increase the age at which people can purchase tobacco and vaping products to 21, part of a growing Tobacco 21 law movement...

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