The outcome of cardiac transplantation in patients with end-stage hypertrophic cardiomyopathy is favorable over the long term, and is as effective in this setting as heart transplantation for idiopathic dilated cardiomyopathy, according to Italian investigators. Reuters Health Information
In a group of patients with pulmonary fibrosis, those who died awaiting lung transplantation had similar disease severity initially as those who were transplanted, but they appeared to have more rapidly progressive disease, UK investigators report. 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 lung transplant recipients with refractory acute rejection or early BOS, alemtuzumab reversed rejection or stabilized lung function in a majority of patients. American Journal of Transplantation
