ALLMedicine™ Heart Transplantation Center

Feb 26th, 2021 - Since the establishment of highly active antiretroviral therapy, survival rates have improved among patients with human immunodeficiency virus infection giving them the possibility to become transplant candidates. Recent publications revealed that...

Feb 26th, 2021 - Heart failure (HF) is a major global cause of death with increasing absolute worldwide numbers of HF patients. HF results from the interaction between cardiovascular aging with specific risk factors, comorbidities, and disease modifiers. The faili...

Feb 25th, 2021 - Although cellular heterogeneity within arterial walls has been explored in mice and nonhuman primates, the cellular composition of human arterial walls remains unclear. Approach and Results: The cellular composition of nondiseased cardiac arteries...

Feb 25th, 2021 - In recent years, a less invasive approach has progressively become the first choice for left ventricular assist device (LVAD) implantation. However, in the setting of bridge to transplantation device-related dense adhesions particularly at the tho...

Feb 24th, 2021 - Superior caval vein stenosis is a known complication following paediatric heart transplantation. Herein, we sought to assess the incidence of superior caval vein stenosis and need for intervention in a single centre paediatric heart transplantatio...

Mar 8th, 2020 - Significant practice-changing developments have occurred in the care of heart transplantation candidates and recipients over the past decade. This Canadian Cardiovascular Society/Canadian Cardiac Transplant Network Position Statement provides evid...

Jan 18th, 2016 - The 2016 International Society for Heart Lung Transplantation listing criteria for heart transplantation: A 10-year update.|2016|Mehra MR,Canter CE,Hannan MM,Semigran MJ,Uber PA,|standards,supply & distribution,

Feb 26th, 2021 - Since the establishment of highly active antiretroviral therapy, survival rates have improved among patients with human immunodeficiency virus infection giving them the possibility to become transplant candidates. Recent publications revealed that...

Feb 26th, 2021 - Heart failure (HF) is a major global cause of death with increasing absolute worldwide numbers of HF patients. HF results from the interaction between cardiovascular aging with specific risk factors, comorbidities, and disease modifiers. The faili...

Feb 25th, 2021 - Although cellular heterogeneity within arterial walls has been explored in mice and nonhuman primates, the cellular composition of human arterial walls remains unclear. Approach and Results: The cellular composition of nondiseased cardiac arteries...

Feb 25th, 2021 - In recent years, a less invasive approach has progressively become the first choice for left ventricular assist device (LVAD) implantation. However, in the setting of bridge to transplantation device-related dense adhesions particularly at the tho...

Feb 24th, 2021 - Superior caval vein stenosis is a known complication following paediatric heart transplantation. Herein, we sought to assess the incidence of superior caval vein stenosis and need for intervention in a single centre paediatric heart transplantatio...

Dec 17th, 2020 - The HeartMate 3 (Abbott) left ventricular assist device (LVAD) can now be used in pediatric patients with advanced refractory left ventricular heart failure who are awaiting heart transplantation or who are not candidates for heart transplantation...

Apr 23rd, 2020 - (Reuters Health) - Practice patterns surrounding pregnancy after heart transplantation vary widely in the U.S. and many clinicians mistakenly believe that pregnancy is contraindicated in all cases, a recent survey suggests. "I believe practice pat...

Apr 23rd, 2020 - (Reuters Health) - Practice patterns surrounding pregnancy after heart transplantation vary widely in the U.S. and many clinicians mistakenly believe that pregnancy is contraindicated in all cases, a recent survey suggests. "I believe practice pat...

Jul 30th, 2019 - Administering a statin via nasogastric tube to brain-dead heart donors resulted in transplant recipients showing less myocardial injury after heart transplantation. (Circulation) The FDA is developing a digital tool to reduce the need for animal a...

May 29th, 2019 - Switching heart transplantation patients from calcineurin inhibitor (CNI)-based to sirolimus-based immunosuppression was associated with an almost doubling of the malignancy-free survival rate in a retrospective cohort analysis. Over a median of 1...