News tagged with journal of heart and lung transplantation
ISHLT issues new guidelines for care of mechanical circulatory support device patients
Mechanical circulatory support (MCS) is a rapidly growing technology used to treat advanced heart failure. Thousands of patients worldwide have now undergone implantation of long- term MCS devices (MCSDs) that can enable ...
Cardiology
Jan 10, 2013 |
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Noninvasive imaging technique may help kids with heart transplants
Cardiologists at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have developed a noninvasive imaging technique that may help determine whether children who have had heart transplants are showing early signs of rejection. ...
Cardiology
Jul 12, 2012 |
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Vitamin D deficiency shown to increase rejection rates in lung transplant patients
(Medical Xpress) -- Vitamin D deficiency is associated with an increase in lung transplant rejection and infections, according to research conducted at Loyola University Health System (LUHS). Researchers also found that recipients ...
Surgery
Apr 25, 2012 |
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Heart rate recovery predicts clinical worsening in pulmonary hypertension
Heart rate recovery at one minute after a six-minute walking distance (6MWD) test is highly predictive of clinical worsening and time to clinical worsening in patients with idiopathic pulmonary arterial hypertension (IPAH), ...
Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Nov 18, 2011 |
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Washington University surgeons successfully use artificial lung in toddler
Two-year-old Owen Stark came to St. Louis Children's Hospital in the summer of 2010 near death from heart failure and dangerously high blood pressure in his lungs.
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Jun 16, 2011 |
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