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Clinical Trials — Efficacy Study of Everolimus on Renal Function in Heart Transplant Recipients With Established Chronic Renal Failure Study of the Safety and Efficacy of Conversion From a CNI to Sirolimus in Renally-Impaired Heart Transplant Recipients Myfortic ...More…
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Heart transplantation
Up To Date — INTRODUCTION Cardiac transplantation has evolved into the treatment of choice for many people with severe heart failure (HF) who have symptoms despite maximum medical therapy. Survival among cardiac transplant recipients has improved as a result ...More…
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Search of: "heart transplantation"
Clinical Trials — Procedure: donor bone marrow cell injection into thymus gland Rapamycin Use in Calcineurin Inhibitor (CNI)-Free Immunosuppression for Stabilization/Improvement of Renal Function After Heart Transplantation Drug: Cyclosporine discontinuation; ...More…
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Heart Center Data Profile
About the Heart / / Heart Specific Policies / Transplant Center To find risk-adjusted, transplant-related statistics for specific transplant centers, please see the Scientific Registry of Transplant Recipients (SRTR) Web site. The SRTR site ...More…
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Children of lower socioeconomic status fare worse after ...
American Heart — Children of lower socioeconomic status fare worse after heart transplant DALLAS, April 7, 2009 - Children from lower socioeconomic neighborhoods who had a heart transplant were more likely than those of a higher socioeconomic status to die or ...More…
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Rejection of the donor heart
Mayo Clinic — Heart transplant - Overview covers risks and results of this potentially lifesaving operation. A heart transplant is an operation in which a failing, diseased heart is replaced with a healthier, donor heart. Heart transplant is a treatment that's ...More…
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Diet and Kidney Stones
Kidney Association — If you have kidney stones, you may need to follow a special diet. First, your doctor will run tests to find out what type of stones you form. From these, the doctor can determine which diet changes may be right for you. A registered dietitian can ...More…
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Abstract 4957
American Heart — Minority children waiting for heart transplants have higher death rates In a study conducted by researchers in Boston, waitlist mortality was 14 percent for white children, 19 percent for black, 21 percent for Hispanic and 27 percent for others ...More…
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Abstract 5852
American Heart — Gender matching aids long-term survival after heart transplants Researchers analyzed data from the United Network of Organ Sharing (UNOS), identifying 18,240 patients who received their first orthotopic (replacing a failing organ with a healthy ...More…
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Miniaturized heart pumps may be effective for children ...
American Heart — Miniaturized heart pumps may be effective for children awaiting transplant DALLAS, Sept. 30 - In a recent study, nine pediatric patients with severe heart failure were successfully kept alive for an average of 35 days with miniaturized heart ...More…
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What Is a Total Artificial Heart?
Heart & Blood Institute — DCI Home: Heart & Vascular Diseases: Total Artificial Heart: What Is ... A total artificial heart (TAH) is a device that replaces the two lower chambers of the heart. These chambers are called ventricles (VEN-trih-kuls). You may benefit from a ...More…
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Lab Tests for Measuring Organ Function
A biopsy may also be taken to determine if a rejection episode has occurred. This is done by collecting a small piece of tissue from the organ and examining it under a microscope. Based on how the tissue looks, your transplant team can determine ...More…