This study analyzed 32,036 adult heart transplant recipients from 2010 to 2023 to assess long-distance donor (LDD) utilization after the 2018 allocation policy change. LDD use increased from 5.5 percent to 14 percent, with mean donor distance rising from 171 to 288 miles.
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November 6, 2025
October 23, 2025
This retrospective study analyzed 35,038 U.S. lung transplant recipients, of which 526 also received kidney transplants for renal replacement or chronic kidney disease (CKD) stages 3b-5.
October 3, 2025
At the American Society for Artificial Internal Organs (ASAIO) 2025 Annual Conference, Dr. Randall C. Sterling, a Professor Emeritus of Medicine at the Kaufman Center for Heart Failure Treatment and Recovery at the Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine, delivered a presentation titled “My Personal Journey With MCS: History and Milestones.”
September 25, 2025
This article reports the first pig-to-human lung xenotransplantation, marking a major milestone in thoracic transplantation research. A six-gene-edited porcine lung was transplanted into a 39-year-old brain-dead human recipient and monitored for 216 hours.
September 18, 2025
In this remarkable interview, CTSNet Editor-in-Chief Joel Dunning speaks with Alexis Shafii, professor of surgery and surgical director of heart transplantation at The Texas Heart Institute at Baylor College of Medicine, about the first in-human BiVACOR total artificial heart implantation.
September 18, 2025
This week on The Beat, CTSNet Editor-in-Chief Joel Dunning speaks with Alexis Shafii, professor of surgery and surgical director of heart transplantation at The Texas Heart Institute at Baylor College of Medicine, about the first in-human BiVACOR total artificial heart implantation.
September 11, 2025
This report by Adjei and colleagues describes a prolonged course of extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) as a bridge to lung transplantation.
September 11, 2025
This article explores emerging innovations aimed at addressing the critical challenges of organ transplantation, particularly organ scarcity, rejection, and the burden of lifelong immunosuppression.
September 4, 2025
A retrospective analysis of 7,856 adult lung transplants from 2006 to 2023, comparing short (≤7 days) vs long (>7 days) durations of donor ventilation showed no significant difference in rates of primary graft dysfunction, 90-day graft survival, or recipient survival at one, three, and five years.
August 21, 2025
In this remarkable interview, CTSNet Editor-in-Chief Joel Dunning speaks with Dr. Kenneth Liao about performing the world’s first adult robotic heart surgery in the United States using a subxiphoid approach.