This article highlights trends in heart and lung transplantation between 1997 and 2006, drawing on data from the OPTN and SRTR. American Journal of Transplantation
The allocation of deceased donor livers for transplantation in the US has undergone a major transformation since implementation of the MELD and PELD scoring systems. American Journal of Transplantation
Caucasians, African Americans, Hispanics, and Asians who undergo primary liver transplantation now have comparable 5- and 10-year patient and graft survival rates, new research suggests. In the 1980s and early 1990s, by contrast, several studies reported lower patient and graft survival rates for African Americans and Asians. Reuters Health Information
The case of a man whose heart stopped beating for 1-1/2 hours only to revive just as doctors were preparing to remove his organs for transplants is fuelling ethical debates in France about when a person is dead. Reuters Health Information
Apart from atrial fibrillation (AF) in the setting of acute rejection and/or vasculopathy, macro-reentrant tachycardia accounts for most cases of supraventricular tachycardia (SVT) after orthotopic cardiac transplantation, according to a report in the June 10th issue of the Journal of the American College of Cardiology. Reuters Health Information
In a new study, Spanish researchers have identified several factors that are predictive of surgical site infections (SSIs) following orthotopic liver transplantation. Reuters Health Information
This study reports the qualitative findings of potential barriers to and opportunities for increasing the number hospitals with donation after cardiac death protocols. Critical Care Medicine
