heart kidney and heart liver transplantation

... legislation and better trauma care reduce the pool of patients declared brainstem dead The indications for transplantation are widening, and although kidney, liver, heart, and even lung transplantation ... management and outcomes 212 William Gelson and Graeme J.M Alexander 26 Pediatric liver transplantation 220 Hector Vilca-Melendez and Giorgina Mieli-Vergani 295 Section – Other 37 Composite tissue allotransplantation: ... clinical transplantation Combined heart and lung transplantation Demikhov developed a method of heart lung transplantation in dogs in the 1940s, but it was not revisited until 1953, when Marcus and...

Ngày tải lên: 28/03/2014, 10:20

... admission rates for heart failure in various European countries (Sweden, Netherlands, and Scotland) and in the United States have doubled in the past 10-15 years Furthermore, heart failure accounts ... the Framingham heart study, coronary heart disease accounted for only 46% of cases of heart failure in men and 27% of chronic heart failure cases in women Coronary artery disease and hypertension ... patients with heart failure and associated structural heart disease, including hypertensive patients with left ventricular hypertrophy Atrial fibrillation and heart failure often coexist, and this...

Ngày tải lên: 10/08/2014, 15:20

... failure Antibiotic prophylaxis, for dental and other surgical procedures, is mandatory in patients with primary valve disease and prosthetic heart valves Diet and nutrition Although controlled trials ... cardiology, Guy’s and St Thomas’s Hospital, London The ABC of heart failure is edited by C R Gibbs, M K Davies, and G Y H Lip CRG is research fellow and GYHL is consultant cardiologist and reader in ... tolerance, and survival and reduce hospital admission rates in chronic heart failure These beneficial effects are apparent in all grades of systolic heart failure—that is, mild to moderate chronic heart...

Ngày tải lên: 10/08/2014, 15:20

... stage heart failure—for example, ischaemic heart disease and dilated cardiomyopathy x Rarely, restrictive cardiomyopathy and peripartum cardiomyopathy x Congenital heart disease (often combined heart- lung ... procedures No of transplantations Clinical review Year Number of heart transplantations worldwide and mean age of donors Key references x Dargie HJ, McMurray JJ Diagnosis and management of heart failure ... prevention and early detection General practitioners have a vital role in the early detection and treatment of the main risk factors for heart failure—namely, hypertension and ischaemic heart disease—and...

Ngày tải lên: 10/08/2014, 15:20

... Keon and Lloyd C Semelhago 49 Selection and Management of the Potential Candidate for Cardiac Transplanatation Lynne Warner Stevenson 61 The Registry of the International Society for Heart and ... Ottawa, Ottawa Heart Institute, Ottawa, Canada Patrick M McCarthy Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, Ohio, U.S.A Toiy Mussivand University ... Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, Ohio, U.S.A Berkeley M Keck ISHLT Registry, Richmond, VA, U.S.A Wilbert J Keon University of Ottawa, Ottawa Heart Institute,...

Ngày tải lên: 11/08/2014, 15:20

... alternative to heart transplantation Circulation I990;82 |Suppl IV]:302-5 Blakeman BM, Pifarre R, Sullivan H, et al High-risk heart surgery in the heart transplant candidate J Heart Transplant ... somewhat, and the patients surviving heart transplantation achieved an excellent flinctional status This report from Luciani and colleagues confinns the dismal survival with medical treatment alone and ... hypertension and pencardial disease can result in heart failure/*" * The occurrence of heart failure is about one to thiee per cent of the population in Western countries and the incidence and prevalence...

Ngày tải lên: 11/08/2014, 15:20

... high as 10% in this sub-group the patients usually survive operation and can still undergo heart transplantation safely if heart failure continues or progresses.'' The overall general recommendation ... aortic regurgitation and severe left ventricular dysfunction remain candidates for aortic valve replacement, as long as the risks of late lef\ ventnculai- dysfunction and congestive heart failure have ... anterior-apical and 32.3"/ii were apical.'** Only 5-10% of aneurysms are posterior near the base of the heart and nearly one-half of these are false aneurvsms.''*•"*•'•" Natural History and Survival...

Ngày tải lên: 11/08/2014, 15:20

... heart failure with low left ventricular ejection fraction Selection and Management of Potential Candidate for Cardiac Transplantation 63 Table Approach to the potential candidate for heart transplantation ... advanced heart failure (iTom Stevenson, LW Selection and management of a potential candidate for cardiac transplantation In: Cooper DKC, Miller LW and Patterson OA (Eds) The transplantation and replacemeni ... (From Stevenson, LW Selection and management of a potential candidate for cardiac transplantation In: Cooper DKC, Miller LW and Patterson GA (Eds) The transplantation and replacement of thoracic...

Ngày tải lên: 11/08/2014, 15:20

... 45,993 heart transplantations reported fi-om 301 heart transplantation programs, 2428 heart- lung transplantations reported from 122 programs, and 4777 single lung and 3278 double lung transplantations ... > 2.0 and rising (From Stevenson, LW Selection and management of a potential candidate for cardiac transplantation In: Cooper DKC, Miller LW and Patterson GA (Eds) The transplantation and replacement ... International Society for Heart and Lung Transplantation: Ninth official report J Heart Lung Transplant 1992;599:11 Desruennes M, Muneretto C, Grandjbakhch I, el al Heterotopic heart transplantation: ...

Ngày tải lên: 11/08/2014, 15:20

... pediatric lung and heart- lung transplantation volumes over the past 14 years Heart- lung transplantation seems to have been largely abandoned in this patient population, \vhcreas pediatric lung transplantation ... for death after heart- lung transplantation As was shown for heart transplantation, the risk according to donor age increases as a continuous variable at both and years (Tables V and Vl)^ Figure ... of heart- lung transplantations peaked in 1989 and has dechned thereafter Similar to heart, transplantation, donor age has continued to ri.se Figure 22 demonstrates the age distribution for heart- lung...

Ngày tải lên: 11/08/2014, 15:20

... needed for end-stage congestive heart failure, research developed along parallel lines with both natuial (heart transplantation) and mechanical (total artificial heart) solutions Therefore, today ... sufficient heart function recovers (bridge to recovery) or until a donor heart is available for transplantation (bridge to transplantation) This chapter will examine the indications and patient ... recovery), and those in whom cardiac function is not expected to recover and the device is used to provide circulatory support until a donor heart is available for transplantation (bridge to transplantation) ...

Ngày tải lên: 11/08/2014, 15:20

... surger>', and partial ventriculectomy.'^' *'' Recently, through emerging evidence on passive ventricular constraint in cardiomyoplasty, and with a better understanding of ttie pathophysiology of heart ... anesthesiologists, intensivists, and surgeons Though DCMP can be performed safety and with minimal morbidity off pump, a primed circuit and perfusionist should also be on standby should cardiopulmonary ... steps to the operation are: LDM mobilization and trans-thoracic delivery, muscular and myocardial lead placement, the peri-ventricular muscle wrap, and cardiomyostimulator insertion (Figure 4)...

Ngày tải lên: 11/08/2014, 15:20

... for the UK and Republic of Ireland; UKTSSA, 1996 United Network of Organ Sharing, 1996 Cooper DKC and Ye Y Experience with Clinical Heart Xenotransplantation In: Xenotransplantatioa The Transplantation ... as a bridge to transplantation Total A rtificial Hearts Total Artificial Hearts (TAHs) are designed to replace the total heart (both ventricles) and require excision of the native heart for placement ... the hDAF transgenic pig hearts functioned superiorly to non-transgenic aintrol pig hearts and had a cardiac performance similar to the Xenotransplantation 169 rhesus hearts'' Furthermore, markers...

Ngày tải lên: 11/08/2014, 15:20

... - APA, 169 hDAF, 168 heart failure, heart transplantation (HTx), 26 heart transplantations; 41, 93 heart- lung transplantations, 93, 104 HeartMate, 86 HeartMate LVAD, 126 Heartsaver VAD, 182 hemolysis, ... ISBN 0-7923-0725-9 E Andries and R Stroobandt (eds.): Hemodynamics in Daily Practice 1991 J Morganroth and E.N Moore (eds.): Use and Approval of Antihyperrensive Agenrs and Surrogate Endpoints ... 1430-1 J.H.C Reiber and E.E v.d Wall (eds.): Cardiovascular Nuclear Medicine and MRI Quantitation and Clinical Applications 1992 ISBN 0-7923- 1467-0 E Andries, P Bmgada and R Stroobrandt (eds.): How...

Ngày tải lên: 11/08/2014, 15:20

... progression to cardiac failure, heart transplantation should be considered [4] Initial data from Europe and America reported a 4- to 6year combined mortality or transplantation rate of ~50% to ... detection, treatment and prevention of arrhythmias; and the prevention of systemic embolic events [3,4] In addition to treatment with angiotensinconverting enzyme inhibitors, β-blockers and, where appropriate, ... contributions NLMC and MAD made the diagnosis and were involved in subsequent management MAD was the Consultant responsible for the patient Both authors have drafted, read and approved the manuscript...

Ngày tải lên: 11/08/2014, 21:22

... asynchrony and left ventricular contractility in patients with heart failure and normal QRS duration Eur J Heart Fail 2007; 9:637-43 Chattopadhyay S, Alamgir MF, Nikitin NP, Fraser AG, Clark AL, Cleland ... myocardial perfusion and of the blood volume received during diastole Since both, a reduced myocardial perfusion reserve and diastolic heart failure, are an integral part of systolic heart failure any ... patients with advanced heart failure and NYHA III functional class and may therefore not be readily generalizable to patients with a milder or a more severer degree of heart failure Furthermore,...

Ngày tải lên: 05/11/2012, 11:32

... apnea and heart failure trial CHARM Candesartan in Heart failure: Assessment of Reduction in Mortality trial CHD coronary heart disease CHF chronic heart failure CHSS Chest Heart and Stroke Scotland ... groups across Scotland supported by Chest Heart and Stroke Scotland (CHSS) and run by people with experience of heart disease Each has its own constitution, aims and objectives and is shaped by ... in coronary heart disease).1 17 Management of chronic heart failure In patients with heart failure and sinus rhythm, digoxin may reduce symptoms and hospital admission for worsening heart failure...

Ngày tải lên: 08/03/2014, 14:20

... manufacturer protocol and using standard curves and software The kits for NTproBNP (fmol/ml) were purchased from ALPCO Diagnostics, Salem, New Hampshire; for IL-6 (pg/ml) and TNFα (pg/ ml) from ... was non-random and uncontrolled in design Since inotropic agents are currently considered to carry excess risk and thus are used only when thought to be absolutely clinically necessary, randomization ... analysis, and drafted the manuscript RH participated in design and coordination of the study, data collection, and critically revised the manuscript RG performed the molecular assays and critically...

Ngày tải lên: 18/06/2014, 15:20

... delivered, and the most suitable route for cell delivery Design of a large multicenter randomised controlled trial with a standardized protocol is imperative in order to assess the safety and ... GK Collection and assembly of data AD Collection and assembly of data AK Data analysis and interpretation, collection and assembly of data CP Conception and design, data analysis and interpretation ... Conception and design, provision of patients, data analysis and interpretation, manuscript writing PA Conception and design, data analysis and interpretation, manuscript writing HA Data analysis and...

Ngày tải lên: 18/06/2014, 16:20