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Case Report: Low-profile covered stents in CHD: the role of Gore Viabahn (VBX) stents

Frontiers in Pediatrics
The Gore Viabahn covered stent, approved for the treatment of peripheral arterial disease in femoral or iliac artery lesions, may offer advantageous features in the field of congenital heart diseases.
Micol Rebonato, Catarina Almeida, Mara Pilati, Enrico Piccinelli, Gianfranco Butera   +4 more
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An observational study of Donor Ex Vivo Lung Perfusion in UK lung transplantation: DEVELOP-UK [PDF]

, 2016
Background: Many patients awaiting lung transplantation die before a donor organ becomes available. Ex vivo lung perfusion (EVLP) allows initially unusable donor lungs to be assessed and reconditioned for clinical use.
Andreasson, Andreasson, Anyanwu, Arcasoy, Avlonitis, Avlonitis, Behrendt, Benden, Bjørk, Boffini, Boffini, Botha, Brazier, Briggs, Brown, Bury, Charmaz, Christie, Couraud, Curtis, Cypel, Cypel, Cypel, Cypel, Cypel, Cypel, De Perrot, Department of Health, Entwistle, Fielding, Fischer, Fisher, Fisher, Fisher, Fisher, Fisher, Fisher, Gibbs, Glaser, Great Britain, Haugh, Henriksen, Information Services Division, Ingemansson, International Society for Heart and Lung Transplantation, ISD Scotland, Itano, Jirsch, Joint Formulary Committee, Kaba, Kaneda, Kierans, Korovesi, Krutsinger, Lee, Littlefield, Long, Lowton, Lowton, Machuca, Martins, Mays, Moran, Naef, National Health Service, National Heart Lung and Blood Institute, National Institute for Health and Care Excellence, National Institute for Health Care Excellence, NHS Blood and Transplant, NHS Blood and Transplant, NHS Business Service Authority, Office for National Statistics, Okada, OPTUM, Orens, O’Grady, RAND Health, RAND Health Corporation, Renshaw, Roberts, Royal College of Surgeons, Sage, Sanchez, Sanchez, Schaeffer, Siebert, Steen, Steen, Taylor, The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Tikkanen, TransMedics, TransMedics, UK Government Department of Constitutional Affairs, van Enckevort, Wallinder, Ware, Warnecke, Warnecke, Wierup, World Medical Organization, XVIVO Perfusion, Zych   +102 more
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The utility of a pleural carcinomatosis score for assessing resectability

Pleura and Peritoneum
Malignant pleural effusion is a common evolution of various cancers and is associated with poor prognosis and quality of life. Currently, the surgical approach is mainly palliative, involving videothoracoscopic talc pleurodesis or the insertion of ...
Drevet Gabrielle, Belaroussi Yaniss, Soldea Valentin, Kovacs Erik, Grima Renaud, Maury Jean-Michel, Tronc François   +6 more
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Association of frailty with postoperative outcomes following thoracic transplantation: A national analysisCentral MessagePerspective

JTCVS Open, 2023
Objective: Frailty has been repeatedly associated with inferior outcomes after surgical hospitalizations. However, a thorough evaluation of the impact of frailty on the clinical and financial outcomes of patients undergoing solid-organ thoracic ...
Shineui Kim, BA, Sara Sakowitz, MS, MPH, Joseph Hadaya, MD, PhD, Joanna Curry, BA, Nikhil L. Chervu, MS, MD, Syed Shahyan Bakhtiyar, MD, Saad Mallick, MD, Nam Yong Cho, BS, Peyman Benharash, MD   +8 more
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Anesthesia for non-pulmonary surgical intervention following lung transplantation: two cases report [PDF]

Korean Journal of Anesthesiology, 2014
The survival rate after lung transplantation has increased in recent years, leading to an increase in non-pulmonary conditions that require surgical intervention.
Misook Seo, Wook Jong Kim, In-Cheol Choi
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Thoracic duct drainage in organ transplantation: Will it permit better immunosuppression? [PDF]

, 1979
It is possible that thoracic-duct drainage, a major but neglected immunosuppressive adjunct, can have an important impact on organ transplantation.
Franks, JJ, Halgrimson, CG, Koep, LJ, Starzl, TE, Weil, R   +4 more
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Contribution of 3D visualization and printing in teaching lung segments anatomy

3D Printing in Medicine
Background The knowledge and understanding of the anatomy of lung segments is of great importance while segmentectomies are increasingly performed. To introduce new technologies and tools in anatomy teaching could help students to improve their skills ...
Gabrielle Drevet, Valentin Soldea, Sylvain Gouttard, Melia Virely, Jean-Michel Maury, François Tronc   +5 more
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Clinical trial of FK 506 immunosuppression in adult cardiac transplantation [PDF]

, 1992
The new immunosuppressive agent FK 506 was used as primary immunotherapy in conjunction with low-dose steroids and azathioprine in 72 patients subsequent to orthotopic cardiac transplantation.
Armitage, Bartley P. Griffith, Billingham, Dew, Fung, Gary C. Marrone, John Fung, John M. Armitage, Kormos, Kusne, Robert L. Hardesty, Robert L. Kormos, Shigeki Morita, Starzl, Starzl, Tamura, Thomas E. Starzl, Todo   +17 more
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Quantification of circulating TCR-engineered T cells targeting a human endogenous retrovirus post-adoptive transfer using nanoplate digital PCR

Molecular Therapy: Methods & Clinical Development
In vivo expansion of genetically modified T cells in cancer patients following adoptive transfer has been linked to both anti-tumor activity and T cell-mediated toxicities.
Stefan Barisic, Elena Cherkasova, Rosa Nadal, Xin Tian, Long Chen, Angelina Parrizzi, Robert N. Reger, Gina M. Scurti, Michael I. Nishimura, Richard W. Childs   +9 more
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Epidemiology of Cryptococcosis and Cryptococcal Meningitis in a large retrospective cohort of patients after solid organ transplantation [PDF]

, 2017
Background Cryptococcosis is the third most common invasive fungal infection in solid organ transplant (SOT) recipients. There are no nationally representative data describing the incidence, risk factors, and outcomes of cryptococcosis ...
George, Ige A, Olsen, Margaret A, Powderly, William G, Santos, Carlos A   +3 more
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