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Rheumatoid Arthritis and Coronary Artery Calcium Progression: A Case Cohort Analysis From ELSA‐Brasil

Arthritis Care &Research, EarlyView.
Objective To investigate the association between rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and coronary artery calcium (CAC) prevalence, incidence, and progression over four years in adults without prior cardiovascular disease. Methods A case‐cohort study within the Brazilian Longitudinal Study of Adult Health (ELSA‐Brasil) included 585 participants (86 patients with ...
Patrícia Fonseca Estrada, Marcos Rafael N. Cavalcante, Itamar de Souza Santos, Márcio S. Bittencourt, Vandrize Meneghini, Paulo A. Lotufo, Alessandra C. Goulart, Isabela M. Bensenor   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Changing Pattern of Organ Donation and Utilization in the USA

International Journal of Organ Transplantation Medicine, 2012
Background: Organ transplantation has proven highly effective in the treatment of various forms of endstage organ failure. However, organ shortage is still the greatest challenge facing the field of organ transplantation.Objective: To assess the pattern ...
RF Saidi
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Immunosuppressive Drug Use in Limited Systemic Sclerosis: An International Survey

Arthritis Care &Research, EarlyView.
Objective Current guidelines recommend immunosuppressive treatment for diffuse cutaneous systemic sclerosis but are less clear on their use in limited cutaneous systemic sclerosis (lcSSc) in the absence of internal organ complications. We conducted an international survey to understand current immunosuppressive drug prescribing patterns in lcSSc ...
Sabrina Hoa, Yicheng Mu, Marie Hudson, Janet Pope   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Cardiac donation after circulatory death in adult congenital heart disease: Early national experiences and outcomesCentral MessagePerspective

JTCVS Open
Objective: Cardiac donation after circulatory death has increased in utilization with results comparable to donation after brain death in adult patients undergoing heart transplantation.
Alex M. Wisniewski, MD, MSc, Matthew P. Weber, MD, MS, Abhinav Kareddy, BS, Nicholas R. Teman, MD, Jared P. Beller, MD, Leora T. Yarboro, MD   +5 more
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Do Donation After Cardiac Death Protocols Violate Criminal Homicide Statutes?

, 2008
It is widely known that there is a tremendous shortage of organs for transplantation. In an attempt to increase the number of organ donations, the Institute of Medicine (IOM) in its 1997 and 2000 reports and United States Department of Health and Human ...
Verheijde, Joseph L., McGregor, Joan, Rady, Mohamed Y.   +2 more
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Donation after Cardiac Death: Two Case Studies

, 2003
Few transplant centers consider using lungs from cardiac death donors because of warm ischemic damage. In certain scenarios, the recovery and transplantation of lungs from cardiac death donors are appropriate. A young person with a severe neurologic and
Helen M. Nelson, Jonathan P. Lewis
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The Gut–Heart Axis in Systemic Sclerosis: Evidence From a Large Prospective Early Disease Cohort

Arthritis Care &Research, EarlyView.
Objective Cardiac involvement significantly impacts prognosis in systemic sclerosis (SSc), highlighting the need for early risk stratification. Gastrointestinal (GI) symptoms are common and often manifest early. Emerging data suggest a link between GI and cardiac manifestations, possibly through shared mechanisms like dysautonomia.
Francesca R. Di Ciommo, Ashish P. Balar, Aidan K. Strother, Subhash Kulkarni, Michael Hughes, Brian Skaug, Maureen D. Mayes, Shervin Assassi, Ali Y. Ayla, Zsuzsanna H. McMahan   +9 more
wiley   +1 more source

Using extracorporeal membrane oxygenation in donations after cardiac death or brain death: A single‐center experience and long‐term outcome

Annals of Gastroenterological Surgery
Aims The use of extended criteria donors is a routine practice that sometimes involves extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) in donations after cardiac death or brain death.
Chia‐En Hsieh, Ya‐Lan Hsu, Yao‐Li Chen, Hsin‐Rou Liang, Kuo‐Hua Lin, Wen‐Yuan Chen, Hsiu‐Man Wu, Sin‐Bao Hunang, Yu‐Ju Hung   +8 more
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Clarifying the paradigm for the ethics of donation and transplantation: Was 'dead' really so clear before organ donation?

Philosophy, Ethics, and Humanities in Medicine, 2007
Recent commentaries by Verheijde et al, Evans and Potts suggesting that donation after cardiac death practices routinely violate the dead donor rule are based on flawed presumptions. Cell biology, cardiopulmonary resuscitation, critical care life support
Shemie Sam D
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Donation after Cardiac Death for Lung Transplant: A Case Study

, 2011
In late 2009, Gift of Life Michigan facilitated a donation after cardiac death lung recovery resulting in the first set of donation after cardiac death lungs to be utilized by a Michigan transplant center.
Cyndy Kirschbaum, Crystal Peeples
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