This retrospective cohort study aimed to characterize the evolving utilization of donation after circulatory death (DCD) heart transplantation (HT) in high-risk (status 1–3) vs low-risk (status 4–6) recipients.
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Transplant
February 26, 2026
February 13, 2026
In this enlightening interview, Cristina Ruiz Segria and Joshua Lowman discuss a recent paper on the clinical outcomes and programmatic benefits of implementing a physician assistant-led recovery model for heart transplantation at a high-volume center.
February 5, 2026
In this remarkable interview, CTSNet Editor-in-Chief Joel Dunning speaks with Dr. Louise Kenny about congenital heart transplants.
February 5, 2026
This week on The Beat, CTSNet Editor-in-Chief Joel Dunning spoke with Dr. Louise Kenny about congenital heart transplants.
January 29, 2026
In this article, the authors evaluate a novel lung preservation strategy for uncontrolled donation after circulatory death by combining lung inflation with topical cooling.
December 23, 2025
This retrospective analysis of the UNOS registry investigated patients after the latest allocation revision and examined whether ex vivo heart perfusion (EVHP) mitigated ischemic penalties in adult donation-after-brain-death heart transplants with preservation times of six hours or more.
December 4, 2025
This week on The Beat, CTSNet Editor-in-Chief Joel Dunning spoke with Dr. Christopher McGregor about the current state of cardiac and kidney xenotransplantation.
December 4, 2025
Sir Terence English, the pioneering cardiac surgeon who performed the United Kingdom’s first successful heart transplant in 1979, has died at the age of 93. His groundbreaking work helped Royal Papworth Hospital achieve an international reputation for heart transplantation and, later, heart-lung and lung transplants.
November 25, 2025
This article examines both preclinical and clinical results in cardiac xenotransplantation, highlighting the ongoing challenges in achieving consistent and durable clinical graft survival.
November 13, 2025
This study analyzed 3,394 pediatric congenital heart disease (CHD) patients listed for heart transplant from 2014 to 2023. Of these, 16.5 percent received ventricular assist device (VAD) support while waitlisted. Waitlist mortality was higher in the VAD group (25.7 percent vs 16.2 percent).