A heart transplant is a lifesaving yet complex procedure for patients with end-stage heart failure. With advances in transplant medicine, over 3,500 heart transplants are performed in the This guide ...

in December about his heart transplant earlier in the year. Christine Tannous IndyStar/USA Today Network A few weeks shy of both his 50th birthday and the one-year anniversary of the surgery that ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Heart transplant allocation policy changes in 2016 and 2018 improved waitlist outcomes for children born ...

This includes all spectrums of heart failure including acute and chronic heart failure, critical care and shock, mechanical circulatory support devices, heart transplantation and pulmonary ...

Patients with advanced heart failure have a dismal prognosis and poor quality of life. Heart transplantation provides an effective treatment for a subset of these patients. This article provides ...

Kelly Schlendorf, associate professor of medicine and section head of the heart failure and transplant unit, said. Wes Carter received his transplant in September 2024. “Even just the most ...

PORT ANGELES — A 19-year-old Port Angeles High School graduate is awaiting a heart transplant at Seattle Children’s Hospital. Landon Smith was born with a condition called hypoplastic left heart ...

The Advanced Heart Failure and Cardiac Transplantation Program at Tufts Medical Center completed 70 adult heart transplants in 2024, nine more than it completed in 2023. The hospital says no other ...

Harold Baines, MLB Hall of Famer, has a genetic condition called amyloidosis which is a rare disease characterized by a buildup of abnormal amyloid deposits in the body. As a result, he needed both a ...

Another negative AF ablation trial, predicting AF after stroke, the value of RCTs, troponin testing in the ED and surgical aortic valve choice are the topics John Mandrola, MD, discusses this week.