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Lung and heart-lung transplantation [PDF]

Cardiology in the Young, 2009
I NCREASED UNDERSTANDING AND AWARENESS OF congenital cardiac disease has allowed early identification of these children. Advances in surgical techniques, anesthesia, and medical treatment have rendered the majority of forms of congenital cardiac defects treatable.
Date, Hiroshi, Sweet, Stuart C
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Normalization of Pulmonary Hypertension by the Use of Left Ventricular Assist Device in Patients with End-stage Heart Failure: A Possible Contribution to Donor Pool Expansion in Lung Transplantation [PDF]

International Journal of Gerontology, 2014
Heart transplantation alone has been recognized to be contraindicated when pulmonary hypertension (PH) and elevated pulmonary vascular resistance (PVR) are irreversible, irrespective of any medical intervention by the use of inotropic agents or pulmonary
Hirokazu Akashi, Tomoko S. Kato, Kazuhiko Hashimura, Masafumi Kitakaze, Khurram Shahzad, Maryjane Farr, Mancini Donna, Hiroo Takayama, Yoshifumi Naka, Taira Yamamoto, Atsushi Amano   +10 more
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Heart-lung transplantation for idiopathic pulmonary arterial hypertension and giant pulmonary artery aneurysm - case report. [PDF]

J Cardiothorac Surg, 2020
Backgound Idiopathic pulmonary arterial hypertension (IPAH) is a rare condition that requires lung transplantation in patients’ refractory to medical therapy.
Eadington T, Santhanakrishnan K, Venkateswaran R.   +2 more
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Extended criteria donor organ use for heart-lung transplantation in the modern era. [PDF]

Clinics (Sao Paulo), 2023
Background: Demand for donor hearts and lungs exceeds their supply. Extended Criteria Donor (ECD) organs are used to help meet this demand, but their impact on heart-lung transplantation outcomes is poorly characterized. Methods and results: : The United
Weingarten N, Iyengar A, Herbst DA, Helmers M, Meldrum D, Guevara-Plunkett S, Dominic J, Atluri P.   +7 more
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Evolution of the Surgical Management of Lung Cancer Invading the Spine: A Single Center Experience

Current Oncology, 2022
For patients with locally advanced non-small cell lung cancer invading the spine, induction chemoradiotherapy combined with radical en bloc resection is the key to obtaining long-term survival.
Gabrielle Drevet, Théo Broussolle, Yanis Belaroussi, Lucie Duponchelle, Jean Michel Maury, Renaud Grima, Gualter Vaz, Clément Silvestre, François Tronc   +8 more
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High-affinity CD16 integration into a CRISPR/Cas9-edited CD38 locus augments CD38-directed antitumor activity of primary human natural killer cells

Journal for ImmunoTherapy of Cancer, 2022
Background Adoptive transfer of natural killer (NK) cells with augmented antibody-dependent cellular cytotoxicity (ADCC) capabilities and resistance to CD38 targeting has the potential to enhance the clinical anti-myeloma activity of daratumumab (DARA ...
Long Chen, Richard Childs, Robert Reger, Mala Chakraborty, Joseph Andrew Clara, Emily R Levy, Stefan Barisic, Elena Cherkasova, David S J Allan   +8 more
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Primary extranodal diffuse large B‐cell lymphoma: Molecular features, treatment, and prognosis

Aging and Cancer, Volume 3, Issue 3-4, Page 133-146, September-December 2022., 2022
One‐third of DLBCL arises from extranodal organs and is challenging to manage. Molecular features are critical to elucidate the differences in clinical features, predict the disease prognosis, and improve effective targeted therapeutic strategies. Abstract Diffuse large B‐cell lymphoma (DLBCL) is the most common subtype of non‐Hodgkin's lymphoma and ...
Si‐Yuan Chen, Meng‐Meng Ji, Peng‐Peng Xu, Wei‐Li Zhao   +3 more
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Lung Transplantation for Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension: Optimized Referral and Listing Based on an Evolving Disease Concept

Journal of Cardiovascular Development and Disease, 2023
Pulmonary hypertension (PH) was once a devastating and fatal disease entity, the outlook of which has been significantly improved by the continued progress of medical treatment algorithms.
Xiaokun Hu, Ningying Ding, Wanqiu Songchen, Ruifeng Wang, Jing Chen, Ailing Zhong, Jinzhu Nan, Yujie Zuo, Heng Huang, Dong Tian   +9 more
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A small footprint couch‐top support device for image‐guided radiotherapy of heavy patients

Journal of Applied Clinical Medical Physics, Volume 23, Issue 12, December 2022., 2022
Abstract Purpose Patients with body weights close to or above 400 lbs present unique challenges in radiation therapy since the weight limit of most treatment couches decreases as the couch‐top extends toward the treatment gantry. The purpose of this work was to develop a small footprint couch‐top support platform to safely perform image‐guided ...
Huixiao Chen, Kevin Morley, Ronnie Rodriguez, Emily Draeger, Muhammad Shafiq ul Hassan, Zhe (Jay) Chen   +5 more
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Cardiac Imaging in Patients After Fontan Palliation: Which Test and When?

Frontiers in Pediatrics, 2022
The Fontan operation represents the final stage of a series of palliative surgical procedures for children born with complex congenital heart disease, where a “usual” biventricular physiology cannot be restored.
Paolo Ciliberti, Paolo Ciancarella, Pasqualina Bruno, Davide Curione, Veronica Bordonaro, Veronica Lisignoli, Mario Panebianco, Marcello Chinali, Aurelio Secinaro, Lorenzo Galletti, Paolo Guccione   +10 more
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