Surgical Procedures, Operative: News and Research on Vascular Grafting

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Surgery

First pediatric heart and liver dual organ transplant performed

Children's Hospital Colorado (Children's Colorado) successfully performed the hospital's first-ever heart and liver dual organ transplant, with support from dozens of team members across 25 different multidisciplinary care ...

Cardiology

Galvanizing blood vessel cells to expand for organ transplantation

Scientists have discovered a method to induce human endothelial cells from a small biopsy sample to multiply in the laboratory, producing more than enough cells to replace damaged blood vessels or nourish organs for transplantation, ...

Cardiology

Predicting risk in children with heart defects

A multi-center study has identified critical risk factors that increase the likelihood of death in children with a heart defect who are awaiting or have recently undergone heart transplantation, according to findings published ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

Symptoms aren't sole predictors of brain injury from moyamoya

Moyamoya disease—a rare, progressive condition that narrows the brain's blood vessels—leads to an increased risk of stroke and other neurological conditions. Doctors treating children with moyamoya often face difficult ...

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