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Pregnancy after thoracic organ transplantation is feasible for select individuals but requires multidisciplinary subspecialty care. Key components for a successful pregnancy after lung or...

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    The 2022 ISHLT Guideline for the Care of the Heart Transplant Recipient24 recommends discontinuation 90 days before conception though the basis for this time interval is not clear. 🔗: https://t.co/X9uNs0aXoL - view on twitter

Cardiac donation after circulatory death (DCD) with ex-vivo perfusion (EVP) has the potential to greatly increase the donor pool, a benefit that can extend...

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The Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation podcast features editor Daniel Goldstein, MD, in round table talks with the JHLT’s digital media...

This month’s JHLT: The Podcast is hosted by Digital Media Editor David Schibilsky, MD, who leads a discussion of two studies from the March...

Intra-aortic balloon pump (IABP) utilization has significantly outpaced other Status 2 eligibility criteria for heart transplant. The risk of waitlist mortality of IABP-supported patients...

Whether to accept a donor heart with coronary artery disease (CAD) remains controversial. Herein we report a 20-year of angiographic graft patency after concomitant...

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    A 41-year-old female underwent heart transplantation with concomitant CABG. 20 years later, her free LITA-LAD bypass was widely open. This strategy can be done in selected donors, & those recipients may have excellent long-term outcomes. 🔗: https://t.co/0OLtM1IWp7 https://t.co/0OLtM1IWp7 - view on twitter

The clinical application of normothermic ex vivo lung perfusion (EVLP) has increased donor lung utilization for transplantation through functional assessment. To develop it as...

The existence of a “weekend effect” in heart transplantation (HTx) is understudied. The present study sought to determine whether the odds of (HTx) offer...

Hospitalized lung transplant (LT) recipients (LTRs) have higher post-LT morbidity and mortality than those who are well enough to wait for transplant at home....

Despite heart and lung transplantation being life-saving therapies for children and adolescents, little research has focused on recipients’ lived experience post-transplant. This study captures...

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    Following thoracic transplantation, adolescent recipients may experience a perceived ‘transplanted self’, positioning transplantation as a catalyst for positive growth & personal change. #SKResearch @SickKidsNews 🔗: https://t.co/6SHyc5WRSr - view on twitter