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Investment and research needed for Pittsburgh to grow  -  24 Mar 2008
Pittsburgh Tribune-Review,It could get Food and Drug Administration approval as a bridge before heart transplantation this year, he said. "Through that collaboration, we've been able

Emory Healthcare Launches CarePages Program Connecting Patients ...  -  Mar 18, 2008
WebWire (press release),...information available in print or on the web from people who had been through heart transplantation, both for the patient and the patientâ€™s family.

Effects of induction immunosuppression regimen on acute rejection ...  -  Mar 18, 2008
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular SurgeryThe International Society for Heart Transplantation. J Heart Transplant 1990;9:587-593.[Medline] Shield CF, Edwards EB, Davies DB, Daily OP.

Time and Place: Magdi Yacoub  -  Mar 8, 2008
Times Online,In those days, heart transplantation created two reactions: it captured peopleâ€™s imagination, but some were critical. They even said it was unethical.

School of Medicine to lead international pediatric lung transplant ...  -  Mar 14, 2008
News from Washington University in St. Louis,The six centers will work cooperatively with investigators in pediatric kidney and heart transplantation to carry out immunologic clinical research that

Right to happy end  -  Feb 24, 2008
Checkbiotech.org (press release),Russian doctors were at a loss: heart transplantation of that degree of complexity is not performed in Russia. Owing to the money raised by our readers,

Organ Transplantation and Chagas Disease  -  Mar 11, 2008
Journal of American Medical Association (subscription),Usefulness of PCR strategies for early diagnoses of Chagas' disease reactivation and treatment follow-up in heart transplantation. Am J Transplant.

Respected CVT surgeon warns of rise in cardio vascular disease in SL  -  Feb 29, 2008
Daily Mirror,...â€œSri Lanka has the technology to start a heart transplant centre but what is lacking is the infrastructure as heart transplantation is a complex and tedious

Weekly press review 09.03.2008 WPROST debunks stereotypes ...  -  Mar 10, 2008
Polish Radio External Service,PRZEKRÃ“J writes that more than 200 people are waiting for a heart transplantation in Poland. Last year, only 64 such surgeries were conducted.

For first time, his heart is in question  -  Mar 17, 2008
Las Vegas Sun,Heart transplantation surgery is delicate, complicated stuff. Even in a best-case scenario, recipients of new hearts must ward off infection,

Transplantation boosts survival rates for young kidney failure ...  -  Feb 28, 2008
Canada NewsWire (press release),Heart transplantation: - The number of children under the age of one year receiving donor hearts fluctuated from year to year over the 25-year study period,

HeartWare enrols 30 patients in clinical trial  -  Mar 3, 2008
Trading Markets (press release),Within this group, 80pc of the patients (16) remained on LVAD support beyond 180 days with only two patients undergoing heart transplantation and those

Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, University of Minnesota ...  -  Mar 18, 2008
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery...right ventricular failure after heart transplantation, postcardiotomy assistance, resuscitation after cardiac arrest, and bridge to bridge support for

CircuLite starts European trial for Synergy cardiac assist device  -  Mar 19, 2008
MTBeurope,All patients reached the primary endpoint of successful heart transplantation, with one patient supported for seven months.

Taking notes  -  Feb 28, 2008
Bowling Green Daily News,He has authored hundreds of peer-reviewed articles and book chapters in cardiothoracic surgery and heart transplantation. He has also received numerous

Carnegie Mellon's Tepper School of Business to Host 2008 ...  -  Mar 18, 2008
PR Newswire (press release),Wellness, Quality of Life and Extension of Life Robert L. Kormos, MD, FRCS, FAHA -- UPMC; Co-Director, Artificial Heart Program and Heart Transplantation;

Circulite Reports Preliminary Results Of First-In-Man Pilot Study ...  -  Feb 25, 2008
Medical News Today (press release),All patients reached the primary endpoint of successful heart transplantation, with one patient supported for 7 months. Final data from this study will be

Heart Disease  -  Mar 4, 2008
CareStation,Heart transplantation is an option only if patients have failed all other medical treatments and still have severe heart failure.

Know Your Neighbor: A surgeon's hands  -  Mar 16, 2008
Norman Transcript,During his residency, he worked with Dr. Nazih Zuhdi, who later became renowned for heart transplantation. Dr. McCullough participated in the first 10 open

Loma Linda University Medical Center Celebrates Groundbreaking on ...  -  Feb 28, 2008
FOXBusinessSince 1905, LLUMC has served the worldwide community and is the international leader in infant heart transplantation and proton radiation therapy for cancer

Loma Linda University Medical Center Opens Doors to its Online ...  -  Mar 6, 2008
FOXBusiness...as neonatal care and outpatient surgery and is recognized as the international leader in infant heart transplantation and proton treatments for cancer.

Heart Transplants: Do More or Do None, JH Study Suggests  -  Feb 18, 2008
Johns Hopkins Gazette,The study is believed to be the largest and most thorough review of survival rates after heart transplantation in hospitals, based on volume.

Study Challenges New Benchmark for High-Volume Heart Transplant ...  -  Jan 30, 2008
Washington Post,The US National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute has more about heart transplantation. SOURCE: Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, news release, Jan.

Downsized Heart Aids Bypass Surgery  -  Jan 28, 2008
Science Daily (press release)He points out that there is a tremendous shortage of organs available for heart transplantation, with nearly 3000 Americans currently on waiting lists.

African Americans Have Poorer Survival After Paediatric Heart ...  -  Jan 31, 2008
DG News..."Blacks have decreased graft survival after paediatric heart transplantation," said Kirk Kanter, MD, Professor of Surgery, Emory University School of

More heart transplants needed for best results  -  Jan 29, 2008
Reuters UK,...of Thoracic Surgeons meeting in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, involved 14401 subjects who underwent heart transplantation in the US between 1999 and 2006.

Medicare Proposes Coverage With Evidence Development For ...  -  Feb 6, 2008
Medical News Today (press release),...own heart be removed, an artificial heart patient must be supported by his or her device through the end of life or until heart transplantation.

Just a nip and tuck to help your heart  -  Jan 28, 2008
Baltimore Examiner,There is a tremendous shortage of organs available for heart transplantation, with nearly 3000 Americans on waiting lists. Not all patients can benefit from

The heart of the problem  -  Jan 26, 2008
Daily Telegraph,In advanced cases where such measures are unable to control symptoms and disease progression, heart transplantation may be considered.

National study will look at German-made heart pump for children ...  -  Jan 23, 2008
Science Centric,Berlin Heart is especially attractive as an option for circulatory support in babies and small children awaiting heart transplantation,â€™ said Fraser.

Amerinet signs deal with Loma Linda University Medical Center  -  Feb 12, 2008
Bizjournals.com,...surgery and is recognized as the international leader in infant heart transplantation and proton treatments for cancer, according to the company.

Venoarterial extracorporeal membrane oxygenation for treatment of ...  -  Feb 7, 2008
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery...n = 5; heart transplantation, n = 1; heart and lung transplantation, n = 1; coronary artery bypass grafting plus repair of postinfarction ventricular

Saved by leeches  -  Jan 27, 2008
News 14 Carolina,Vinson was allergic to Heparin -- a blood thinner that plays a critical role in heart transplantation surgery. "The end result, you give Heparin to somebody

Loma Linda University Medical Center Signs Exclusive Agreement ...  -  Feb 12, 2008
PR-Inside.com (Pressemitteilung),...as neonatal care and outpatient surgery and is recognized as the international leader in infant heart transplantation and proton treatments for cancer.

Dilated Cardiomyopathy in Children  -  Dec 28, 2007
WSOCtv.com,However, it may be another option for children who are awaiting heart transplantation. Ron Gajarski, MD, a Pediatric Cardiologist at the University of

Patient with AIDS Finds Heart-Assit Device is an Option When ...  -  Dec 27, 2007
Newswise (press release)The immune-compromising nature of the illness virtually excluded him as a candidate for heart transplantation because of the increased risk of infection and

The transplantation heartache  -  Dec 3, 2007
BBC News,Heart transplantation in this country was at its peak about a decade ago. Then, over 350 such operations were carried out each year.

Heart transplants suspended  -  Dec 21, 2007
InTheNews.co.uk,In the most severely affected people mortality rates approach 50 per cent per year and 100 per cent, but heart transplantation can reduce this to 30 and 40

UK resuscitates pediatric heart program  -  Dec 26, 2007
Kentucky.com,After residency training in cardiothoracic surgery at Duke, Plunkett took additional training in pediatric cardiac surgery and heart transplantation at UCLA

All heart transplants suspended in Scotland  -  Dec 21, 2007
Telegraph.co.uk,..."By contrast the five and 10-year mortality rates after heart transplantation are approximately 30 and 40% respectively."

Alcohol may amplify chronic rejection in lung transplants  -  Dec 1, 2007
Hindu,Previous studies have shown that donor alcohol abuse increases the risk of heart failure after heart transplantation. But so far, clinical data describing

Budget cuts threatens heart surgery  -  Dec 3, 2007
SABC News,Heart transplantation or cardiac transplantation, is a surgical transplant procedure performed on patients with end-stage heart failure or severe coronary

New Heart-Assist Device Could Be Transplant Alternative  -  Dec 3, 2007
Pittsburgh Channel.com,But at age 74, he is not a candidate for heart transplantation, and medications don't work forever. The only hope was a left ventricular assist device.

Surgery for Congenital Heart Disease  -  Dec 11, 2007
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular SurgeryAll of these patients had difficult operations, such as tricuspid valve replacement after heart transplantation and disrupted aortic annulus with emergency

Jarvik invention didn't fulfill its promise but remains useful  -  Nov 30, 2007
Omaha World-Herald (subscription),Dr. Mohammed Quader, surgical director of the UNMC heart transplantation program, said the main thing learned was simple and profound: "You know what?

HHS Secretary Leavitt Announces Members of the National Biodefense ...  -  Dec 17, 2007
Earthtimes,He pioneered heart transplantation in children, performing the first successful pediatric heart transplant and has investigated alternatives to heart

Not enough donors to meet demand for transplants  -  Dec 2, 2007
Sydney Morning Herald,..."Australia has been very prominent in international research into heart transplantation, in improving drug selection, patients' quality of life and surgical

U remembers landmark heart surgery  -  Dec 3, 2007
The Daily Utah Chronicle,Surgeons and doctors from all around the United States came to discuss artificial heart transplantation. Before 1982, the artificial heart had only been

Avoid the transplant lottery  -  Dec 15, 2007
Ottawa Citizen,Heart transplantation is, in fact, a means of last resort for patients whose hearts can no longer support life. Waiting for a transplant has been described

Religious Affairs promotes organ donation  -  Dec 13, 2007
New Anatolian,There are 23 renal, 13 liver and 11 heart transplantation centers active in Turkey. For the year 2002, 82% of donors were from hospitals practicing organ

Grant To Develop Molecular Cardiac Surgery Received By ...  -  Nov 30, 2007
Medical News Today (press release),This methodology could provide alternatives both to heart transplantation and to the use of permanent mechanical-assist devices in some humans with

5th Annual Scientific Forum features research results on tobacco ...  -  Nov 30, 2007
Baltimore Times,Mandeep Mehra â€œis a nationally recognized expert in heart failure, cardiomyopathy, heart transplantation, and ventricular assist devices.

This Month in Archives of Neurology  -  Dec 10, 2007
Archives of Neurology...van de Beek et al (SEE ARTICLE) review the infectious disease complications in 315 patients who underwent heart transplantation.

Standing in the Way of Stem Cell Research  -  Dec 2, 2007
Washington Post,But many of the life-changing medical advances of recent history, including heart transplantation, have provoked discomfort.

Direct volumetric blood flow measured in coronary arteries  -  Dec 3, 2007
TheHeart.Org,...disease and would be particularly important to better understand conditions such as heart transplantation, stem-cell therapy, and large transmural MIs.

Interwoven Powers Patient-Engaging Website for Breakthrough Cancer ...  -  Dec 12, 2007
CNNMoney.com...as neonatal care and outpatient surgery and is recognized as the international leader in infant heart transplantation and proton treatments for cancer.

Loma Linda University to Dedicate Proton Treatment Center to ...  -  Dec 4, 2007
é‡‘èž?ç•Œ,Center has been serving the worldwide community and is the international leader in infant heart transplantation and proton radiation therapy for cancer.

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