Transplantation - Heart

Video

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...

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

Toronto Pre-Teen the Youngest Person in Canada to Receive Total Artificial Heart

July 20, 2022 | Mary HammonSilver Contributor

A year ago, a twelve-year-old girl became the youngest person in Canada undergo surgery to receive a total artificial heart. The device, which can essentially replace an entire human heart...

JANS Article

Study Sheds Light on Death of Pig-Heart Transplant Patient

June 30, 2022 | Mary HammonSilver Contributor

In January 2022, University of Maryland School of Medicine surgeon-scientists made history by successfully implanting a genetically modified pig heart into a fifty-seven-year-old patient in end-stage heart failure who did...

JANS Article

First Successful Transplant of Porcine Heart into Adult Human Heart with End-Stage Disease

January 11, 2022 | Wei-Guo MaGold Contributor

On January 10, 2021, the University of Maryland School of Medicine annnounced that Dr. Bartley P. Griffith and his team successfully transplanted a genetically modified pig heart in a 57-year-old...

JANS Article

U.S. Man Recovering after ‘Breakthrough’ Pig-Heart Transplant

January 11, 2022 | Wei-Guo MaGold Contributor

On January 10, 2021, the University of Maryland School of Medicine annnounced that Dr. Bartley P. Griffith and his team successfully transplanted a genetically modified pig heart in a 57-year-old...

JANS Article

The Impact of Frailty on Mortality After Heart Transplantation

April 28, 2021 | Amy Fiedler

This study assessed the impact of frailty in patients with advanced heart failure on clinical outcomes after heart transplantation (HTx).

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JANS Article

Use of Temporary Mechanical Circulatory Support for Management of Cardiogenic Shock Before and After the United Network for Organ Sharing Donor Heart Allocation System Changes

April 16, 2020 | Mark FergusonGold Contributor

The UNOS donor heart allocation system was revised in 2018, giving priority to patients on inpatient mechanical circulatory support (MCS). Patients admitted with heart failure-associated cardiogenic shock were tracked for...

JANS Article

In Situ Expansion, Differentiation and Electromechanical Coupling of Human Cardiac Muscle in a 3D Bioprinted, Chambered Organoid

April 2, 2020 | Aristotle ProtopapasGold ContributorGold Commentor

Quite refreshing well-written experimental paper leaving promises of artificial organoids.

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JANS Article

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

August 23, 2019 | Aristotle ProtopapasGold ContributorGold Commentor

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

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