... 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 livertransplantation 220 Hector Vilca-Melendez and Giorgina Mieli-Vergani 295 Section – Other 37 Composite tissue allotransplantation: ... clinical transplantation Combined heartand 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...
... 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 andheart failure often coexist, and this...
... 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...
... 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...
... 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 Heartand ... 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,...
... alternative to hearttransplantation 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 hearttransplantation 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...
... high as 10% in this sub-group the patients usually survive operation and can still undergo hearttransplantation 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 heartand nearly one-half of these are false aneurvsms.''*•"*•'•" Natural History and Survival...
... 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 hearttransplantation ... 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 transplantationand replacemeni ... (From Stevenson, LW Selection and management of a potential candidate for cardiac transplantation In: Cooper DKC, Miller LW and Patterson GA (Eds) The transplantationand replacement of thoracic...
... 45,993 heart transplantations reported fi-om 301 hearttransplantation 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 transplantationand replacement ... International Society for Heartand Lung Transplantation: Ninth official report J Heart Lung Transplant 1992;599:11 Desruennes M, Muneretto C, Grandjbakhch I, el al Heterotopic heart transplantation: ...
... 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...
... 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) ...
... 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)...
... 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...
... - APA, 169 hDAF, 168 heart failure, hearttransplantation (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...
... progression to cardiac failure, hearttransplantation 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...
... 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,...
... apnea andheart failure trial CHARM Candesartan in Heart failure: Assessment of Reduction in Mortality trial CHD coronary heart disease CHF chronic heart failure CHSS Chest Heartand Stroke Scotland ... groups across Scotland supported by Chest Heartand 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...
... 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...
... 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...
... IL-9 and decrease of IL-5, IL-7, and IFN-g plasma levels, in both ICM and NIDCM CHF patients vs controls and the inverse correlation of IL-5 and IL-9 plasma levels with duration of disease and ... with congestive heart failure Heart 2002, 88:296-7 Boerrigter G, Costello-Boerrigter LC, Burnett JC Jr: Natriuretic peptides in the diagnosis and management of chronic heart failure Heart Fail Clin ... dilated cardiomyopathy and their asymptomatic relatives Heart 1996, 75:287-90 Aukrust P, Ueland T, Lien E, Bendtzen K, Muller F, Andreassen AK, et al: Cytokine network in congestive heart failure secondary...