Heart Transplant Research Today is a free monthly online journal that collates and summarizes the latest research about Heart Transplant, including details on risks, prognosis, procedure, surgery, organ donation.

Volume 3 (2007), Issue 4 (April)

1. Recipient atrial flutter masquerading as donor flutter in a heart transplant recipient.
   J Heart Lung Transplant, 26(4): 414-6. [Abstract] [Full-text]
2. Rectal and cutaneous malakoplakia in an orthotopic cardiac transplant recipient.
   J Heart Lung Transplant, 26(4): 411-3. [Abstract] [Full-text]
3. Transplant vasculopathy is associated with increased AlloMap gene expression score.
   J Heart Lung Transplant, 26(4): 403-6. [Abstract] [Full-text]
4. Varicella infection after heart and lung transplantation: a single-center experience.
   J Heart Lung Transplant, 26(4): 399-402. [Abstract] [Full-text]
5. Mechanical circulatory support as a bridge to heart transplantation: what remains? Long-term emotional sequelae in patients and spouses.
   J Heart Lung Transplant, 26(4): 384-9. [Abstract] [Full-text]
6. Interplay between systemic inflammation and markers of insulin resistance in cardiovascular prognosis after heart transplantation.
   J Heart Lung Transplant, 26(4): 324-30. [Abstract] [Full-text]
7. Effect of reversible pulmonary hypertension on outcomes after heart transplantation.
   J Heart Lung Transplant, 26(4): 319-23. [Abstract] [Full-text]
8. Pre-existing pulmonary hypertension in patients with end-stage heart failure: impact on clinical outcome and hemodynamic follow-up after orthotopic heart transplantation.
   J Heart Lung Transplant, 26(4): 312-8. [Abstract] [Full-text]
9. Recommendations for the use of everolimus (Certican) in heart transplantation: results from the second German-Austrian Certican Consensus Conference.
   J Heart Lung Transplant, 26(4): 305-11. [Abstract] [Full-text]
10. Positive pretransplantation cytomegalovirus serology is a risk factor for cardiac allograft vasculopathy in children.
    Circulation, 115(13): 1798-805. [Abstract] [Full-text]
11. CD40Ig treatment results in allograft acceptance mediated by CD8CD45RC T cells, IFN-gamma, and indoleamine 2,3-dioxygenase.
    J Clin Invest, 117(4): 1096-106. [Abstract] [Full-text]
12. Comparison of fluorescent polarization immunoassay (FPIA) versus HPLC to measure everolimus blood concentrations in clinical transplantation.
    Clin Chim Acta, 380(1): 217-21. [Abstract] [Full-text]
13. Gene transfer of interleukin-18-binding protein attenuates cardiac allograft rejection.
    Transpl Int, 20(5): 460-6. [Abstract] [Full-text]
14. Cardiac arrest in the organ donor does not negatively influence recipient survival after heart transplantation.
    Eur J Cardiothorac Surg, 31(5): 929-33. [Abstract] [Full-text]
15. A new modified technique for heterotopic femoral heart transplantation in rats.
    J Surg Res, 139(2): 157-63. [Abstract] [Full-text]
16. Left ventricular circulatory support as bridge to heart transplantation in Chagas' disease cardiomyopathy.
    Artif Organs, 31(4): 253-8. [Abstract] [Full-text]
17. Transplantation from non-heart-beating donors.
    Transplant Proc, 39(3): 726-7. [Abstract] [Full-text]
18. First case of simultaneous heart plus kidney transplantation in Chile: case report.
    Transplant Proc, 39(3): 625-6. [Abstract] [Full-text]
19. Cytomegalovirus infections in cardiac transplant patients: an experience at a clinical hospital, university of Chile.
    Transplant Proc, 39(3): 622-4. [Abstract] [Full-text]
20. Heart transplantation in chile: preliminary report from the Gustavo Fricke hospital in Vina del Mar.
    Transplant Proc, 39(3): 619-21. [Abstract] [Full-text]
21. 14th International HLA and Immunogenetics Workshop: report on the Prospective Chronic Rejection Project.
    Tissue Antigens, 69: 174-9. [Abstract] [Full-text]
22. Diabetic myonecrosis in an orthotopic heart transplant recipient.
    J Heart Lung Transplant, 26(5): 549-52. [Abstract] [Full-text]
23. Getting old with a new heart: impact of age on depression and quality of life in long-term heart transplant recipients.
    J Heart Lung Transplant, 26(5): 544-8. [Abstract] [Full-text]
24. Patterns and predictors of quality of life at 5 to 10 years after heart transplantation.
    J Heart Lung Transplant, 26(5): 535-43. [Abstract] [Full-text]
25. N-terminal prohormone brain natriuretic peptide as a marker for detecting low functional class patients and candidates for cardiac transplantation: linear correlation with exercise tolerance.
    J Heart Lung Transplant, 26(5): 516-21. [Abstract] [Full-text]
26. Successful management of antibody-mediated cardiac allograft rejection with combined immunoadsorption and anti-CD20 monoclonal antibody treatment: case report and literature review.
    J Heart Lung Transplant, 26(5): 511-5. [Abstract] [Full-text]
27. Elevated uric acid levels predict allograft vasculopathy in cardiac transplant recipients.
    J Heart Lung Transplant, 26(5): 498-503. [Abstract] [Full-text]
28. Alterations in the fibrinolytic cascade post-transplant: evidence of a bimodal expression pattern.
    J Heart Lung Transplant, 26(5): 494-7. [Abstract] [Full-text]
29. Inhibition of chemokine receptor CCR2 and CCR5 expression contributes to simvastatin-induced attenuation of cardiac allograft vasculopathy.
    J Heart Lung Transplant, 26(5): 485-93. [Abstract] [Full-text]
30. Analysis of cardiac dimensions, mass and function in heart transplant recipients using 64-slice multi-detector computed tomography.
    J Heart Lung Transplant, 26(5): 478-84. [Abstract] [Full-text]
31. Pre-transplant risk factors for chronic renal dysfunction after pediatric heart transplantation: a 10-year national cohort study.
    J Heart Lung Transplant, 26(5): 458-65. [Abstract] [Full-text]
32. Sudden death prior to pediatric heart transplantation: would implantable defibrillators improve outcome?
    J Heart Lung Transplant, 26(5): 447-52. [Abstract] [Full-text]
33. Potential refinements of the International Society for Heart and Lung Transplantation primary graft dysfunction grading system.
    J Heart Lung Transplant, 26(5): 431-6. [Abstract] [Full-text]
34. Pitavastatin suppresses acute and chronic rejection in murine cardiac allografts.
    Transplantation, 83(8): 1093-7. [Abstract] [Full-text]
35. Geometric disproportion of cardiac structure and graft ischemia affect tricuspid valve regurgitation early after neonatal heart transplantation.
    Ann Thorac Surg, 83(5): 1774-80. [Abstract] [Full-text]
36. Orthotopic heart transplantation in patients with Marfan syndrome.
    Ann Thorac Surg, 83(5): 1691-5. [Abstract] [Full-text]
37. Significance of neurologic complications in the modern era of cardiac transplantation.
    Ann Thorac Surg, 83(5): 1684-90. [Abstract] [Full-text]
38. Infections associated with ventricular assist devices: epidemiology and effect on prognosis after transplantation.
    Transpl Infect Dis, 9(2): 114-20. [Abstract] [Full-text]

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