Abstract Background Cardiac transplants increasingly occur following placement of ventricular assist devices (VADs). A strong association exists between human leukocyte antigen (HLA) sensitization and VAD placement; however, desensitization protocols that..
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In a first-of-its-kind surgery, a 57-year-old patient with terminal heart disease received a successful transplant of a genetically-modified pig heart and is still doing well three days later. It was..
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Heart harvest transplantation. [playlist ids="18529"] Dr.Sam Zeraatian Nejad Davani, CEO of rockingham medical research ADKWA center as well as Head of IUMS transplant and cardiovascular surgery department. ..
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Abstract Current guidelines recommend serial right heart catheterization (RHC) to survey pulmonary hypertension in patients awaiting heart transplant. However, the role and impact of this surveillance is unclear in patients..
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The following case study reports on a 13-year-old pediatric patient (body weight 45 kg) who was admitted to our hospital due to a deterioration in his clinical condition, after he..
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