This recently published consensus statement, endorsed by multiple transplant societies including the International Society for Heart and Lung Transplantation (ISHLT), aims to address the existing gaps in consensus regarding the role of circulating antibodies and their relationship to antibody-mediated rejection in heart transplantation.
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Transplant
July 3, 2025
This article examined patients in Singapore who were ineligible for transplantation and evaluated the cost-effectiveness of left ventricular assist device (LVAD) use compared to optimal medical therapy.
June 26, 2025
This week on The Beat, CTSNet Editor-in-Chief Joel Dunning speaks with Dr. David Kalfa, the incoming Chief of Pediatric Cardiac Surgery and Co-Director of the Heart Institute at Nicklaus Children’s Hospital in Miami, about allogenic mitral valve transplants.
June 26, 2025
Surgeons at Baylor St Luke’s Medical Center in Houston, Texas, successfully performed the first robotic heart transplant in the U.S. without opening the chest, using small abdominal incisions. This minimally invasive procedure reduced trauma, blood loss, and infection risk, allowing for quicker recovery.
June 3, 2025
This video demonstrates the technical challenges of bilateral lung transplantation after cut and sew MAZE, detailing safe methods for pulmonary vein anastomosis using full cardiopulmonary bypass.
May 29, 2025
This study analyzed pregnancy outcomes in female lung transplant (LuT) recipients, focusing on modifiable factors that could improve outcomes. Using data from the Transplant Pregnancy Registry International (TPRI), the study included 53 women who reported 72 pregnancies after LuT between 1991 and 2021.
May 29, 2025
This article investigated the role of different definitions of warm ischemia time during donation after circulatory death (DCD) heart transplants and the development of severe primary graft dysfunction (PGD).
May 7, 2025
Living allogeneic heart valve transplant (HVT) first emerged in 2022, featuring the unique advantage of being a valve capable of growth and self-repair over time, thus reducing the number of reoperations required in children undergoing valve intervention.
April 30, 2025
Don’t miss this engaging conversation with CTSNet Editor-In-Chief Joel Dunning and the winner of the 2024 Resident Video Competition, Dr. Allen Razavi, as they discuss the details of the winning video, “Minimally Invasive Bilateral Orthotopic Lung Transplant With Robotic Assistance.”
April 23, 2025
This video illustrates the replacement of the aortic root using a valve-sparing approach in a patient who previously underwent a heart transplant.