March 14, 2022 – A 10-year-old girl who had five heart surgeries – including a day after she was born – was recently discharged from a New York hospital after receiving a heart transplant. Chi-Chi Soto underwent the transplant in early February, 10 days before her 10th birthday, at NYU Langone’s Hassenfeld Children’s Hospital, Today […]
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Experimental pump for heart failure
LANSING, Mich. (WILX) – More than 35,000 people in the United States need heart transplants. Some patients with end-stage heart failure are eligible for a pump that moves blood into the left chamber of the heart, but there haven’t been many options for people with hearts failing on both sides. A human heart beats 100,000 […]
No increased risks after heart transplant in cardiac sarcoidosis – Sarcoidosis News
The risks of death and rejection after a heart transplant for people with advanced cardiac sarcoidosis were similar to those of patients who had a transplant for other types of heart disease, according to an analysis of a registry of transplant recipients. These results suggest that a heart transplant is a safe and effective option […]
Pig Heart Transplant Patient Watches Super Bowl LVI
In January, the University of Maryland School of Medicine (UMSOM) and the University of Maryland Medical Center (UMMC) successfully performed a groundbreaking human porcine heart transplant procedure. This was the first successful transplant of a genetically modified pig heart into a human patient. Bartley P. Griffith, MD, surgically transplants pig’s heart into patient, David Bennett. […]
35-year-old woman had heart failure after giving birth, now needs a transplant
Zuleyma Santos was diagnosed with peripartum cardiomyopathy 2 days after the birth of her daughter. The condition enlarges and weakens the heart, limiting the amount of blood and oxygen it can pump. Santos is awaiting a heart transplant and is speaking out to raise awareness of the disease. Loading Something is loading. Zuleyma Santos was […]
Scotsman who survived heart failure and cancer says Covid was ‘torture’
He spent 300 days in hospital awaiting a heart transplant, but Mike Hanlon refused to give up hope that his life would be saved. After a match was found, with very little time to spare, and he recovered from major surgery, he developed prostate cancer. Despite this, Mr Hanlon remained positive, describing the disease as […]
Pig heart transplant saves heart patient
Share on PinterestSurgeons have succeeded in transplanting a genetically modified pig’s heart into a patient suffering from arrhythmia.Photograph courtesy of University of Maryland School of Medicine A team of surgeons from the University of Maryland School of Medicine recently transplanted a genetically modified pig heart into a 57-year-old man from Baltimore, MD. The patient, who […]
Pig’s hearts could save bacon for many heart failure patients
After 15 years of covering new cardiovascular technologies, it’s not often that something lands on my email, or that I see at a conference, it’s something really new, innovative and has the potential to be an immediate paradigm shift in the way medicine is practiced. However, I found myself abandoning what I was doing to […]
heart failure: treatment options available for each stage of heart failure
Heart failure develops due to the progressive weakening of the heart muscle leading to a decrease in the heart’s ability to supply blood to the organs. Often it is mistaken for a heart attack, which is a sudden stoppage of blood supply to the core. Currently, 8 to 10 million Indians are diagnosed with heart […]
Opinion: Why this modified pig heart transplant is a huge deal
This year, the tens of thousands of Americans hoping for a transplant will anxiously await the call telling them that an organ has been found. Some of the patients, with congestive heart failure, will be waiting for a heart. Those with end-stage kidney disease who are on dialysis will be expecting a kidney. Other people […]
Treatment options available for each stage of heart failure
Heart failure develops due to the progressive weakening of the heart muscle leading to a decrease in the heart’s ability to supply blood to the organs. Often it is mistaken for a heart attack, which is a sudden stoppage of blood supply to the core. Currently, 8-10 million Indians are diagnosed with heart failure, and […]
Las Cruces teenager dies almost two years after heart transplant
Brannden Fernandez, 18, died on December 10, 2021 of organ failure after his body rejected the heart transplant he received in January 2020. LAS CRUCES – After battling heart disease all his life, Brannden Fernandez, 18, died on December 10, 2021 – almost two years after receiving a heart transplant. Brannden was diagnosed with dilated […]
Innovative approach brings heart failure cell reprogramming therapy closer to reality – sciencedaily
It wasn’t that long ago that the idea of ââtaking, for example, a skin cell and turning it into a muscle cell was unthinkable. About 10 years ago, however, groundbreaking research showed that it is indeed possible to reprogram differentiated adult cells into other types fully capable of performing new functions. Cell reprogramming is one […]
Surgical management of heart failure
Heart failure is considered to be one of the leading causes of death around the world. In India, the death rate is up to 20%. Over the years, etiologic risk factors, diagnostic criteria, and classifications have been revised to create a management guide needed to alleviate the global health burden caused by heart failure. Pharmacological […]
Medical City performed the state’s first cardiac death heart transplant
Medical City Heart Hospital is the first in the state to complete a complex heart transplant procedure that could increase the number of eligible heart donors by 30%. Called donation after cardiac death (DCD) involves surgeons quickly accessing the heart and bringing it back to life after the life support has been removed. Heart transplants […]
Special bond between two heart transplant survivors
SAN DIEGO (KGTV) – A man from San Diego is counting his blessings this holiday season. He is grateful for his heart donor and his unlikely new friend, facing a recovery together after a heart transplant. In 2010, George Jimenez, 56, discovered he was suffering from congenital heart failure. Nine years later, his condition was […]
Advanced Heart Failure Patient With Only Months To Live Gets New Lease Of Life From Cardiac Team At University Of Jersey Shore Medical Center
Newswise – A team of cardiac experts from Hackensack Meridian Jersey Shore University Medical Center recently joined forces to save the life of a critically ill man with advanced heart failure. Armed with the most innovative technologies, including temporary means to keep his heart working, then the surgical attachment of a permanent mechanical heart pump, […]
Successful heart transplant in young man who survived severe COVID-19 – Consumer Health News
THURSDAY, December 16, 2021 (HealthDay News) – After nearly dying from a severe case of COVID-19, a young man received a successful heart transplant even as he recovered from his infection while on a ventilator , a new case study reports. The transplant was performed on the 31-year-old patient at Israelita Albert Einstein Hospital in […]
Scottish heart transplant service celebrates 30 years
Euan Bisset will celebrate his 30th birthday this month, a milestone he shares with the service that saved his life. Scotland’s first heart transplant unit was launched at Glasgow Royal Infirmary on December 16, 1991 and a few weeks later, on January 2, 1992, the first patient received a donor organ. Since the launch of […]
Resilient teen receives 500th heart transplant from Stanford Children’s Health
Stanford Children’s Health Takes Rare Milestone in Pediatric Heart Transplant Tiffany Collins would never have guessed that her healthy and active 14-year-old daughter, Mackenzie, would be the 500th heart transplant patient at Stanford Children’s Health. âI was in total shock. We have no history of heart disease in our family, âsays Tiffany. âOne minute, I […]
Jaslok Hospital announces launch of heart transplant program in Mumbai
Mumbai-based Jaslok Hospital and Research Center, which are also pioneers in kidney and liver transplantation in Western India, recently launched a heart transplant program and division in their Mumbai unit. The program will be led by Dr KR Balakrishnan, a leading cardiac surgeon, a pioneer in the field of heart transplants in the country. In […]
Inside the first artificial heart transplant that ‘grew’ and was plastic
The world’s first artificial heart transplant took place on December 2, 1982, and instead of beating, it made a soft ticking sound and a “huff.” Heart transplants were already done to prolong life, but on a limited basis and as a last resort. In 1967, surgeons in South Africa successfully performed the first human-to-human heart […]
Jaslok Hospital Launches Heart Transplant Program in Mumbai
Jaslok Hospital and Research Center, one of the main hospitals in Mumbai, has started a heart transplant program, after pioneering kidney and liver transplantation in western India. The program will be led by cardiac surgeon Dr KR Balakrishnan, well known in the field of heart transplants in the country. Jaslok Hospital will partner with MGM […]
Jaslok Hospital Announces Launch of “Heart Transplant” Program
Jaslok Hospital and Research Center, one of the main hospitals in Mumbai, today announced the launch of the âheart transplantâ program and division in its Mumbai unit. The program will be led by leading cardiac surgeon Dr KR Balakrishnan who is a pioneer in the field of heart transplants in the country. In one of […]
UChicago Medicine Sets Heart Transplant Record With Post-Thanksgiving Procedures
As turkeys brined the Chicago area early Thursday, before the ovens preheated, transplant doctors at the University of Medicine of Chicago were just starting to work in the operating room. Seventeen hours and back-to-back heart transplants later, two families had a lot more to thank – and the South Side Hospital had set a new […]
Heart transplant, cancer survivor shares secret stepping stones behind her resilience
Julie Hutchinson’s second life began 27 years ago. Each of those years, the 58-year-old Riverside resident celebrated her heart transplant anniversary with her loved ones. âWe call it my ‘anna-birthday’ because this day marks both the anniversary of the transplant and my second anniversary towards a new life,â she says of the special time of […]
From foster care to heart transplant, Medford woman overcomes obstacles
Vanessa Trotter, 31, of Medford, underwent a heart transplant on May 17, 2021 at Oregon Health & Science University after suddenly starting to suffer from heart failure in the summer of 2020. Trotter is pictured here in August 2021 in Portland, shortly before she was cleared to move to Medford. (OHSU / Josh Andersen) Late […]
Newark man fights prostate cancer, survives stroke to receive life-saving heart transplant
Newark On December 29, 2020, Bernard China, 58, from Newark and father of five, lost hope. His heart failure had progressed to the point where he had to be hospitalized while awaiting a transplant, and he had been hospitalized at Newark Beth Israel Medical Center (NBI), a RWJBarnabas health facility for 112 days. He told […]
Newark Beth Israel Medical Center Appoints New Head of Advanced Heart Failure Treatment and Transplantation
Dr. Feldman brings more than 25 years of in-depth research, innovation and clinical expertise to this accomplished team in the heart failure field. He will lead the advanced heart failure treatment and transplant program at Newark Beth Israel Medical Center and will also have satellite offices at Saint Barnabas Medical Center and Jersey City Medical […]
Newark Beth Israel Medical Center Appoints New Head of Advanced Heart Failure Treatment and Transplantation | national news
NEWARK, New Jersey, November 1, 2021 / PRNewswire / – Newark Beth Israel Medical Center, a RWJBarnabas healthcare facility, has appointed David Seth Feldman, MD, PhD, FACC, FAHA, the new section chief for advanced heart failure treatment and transplantation. Newark Beth Israel The Heart Failure Treatment and Transplant Program is one of the top 15 […]
Minnetrista’s infant is Minnesota’s youngest awaiting heart transplant
MINNETRISTA, Minnesota (FOX 9) – Currently, 52 infants are on the waiting list for heart transplants in the United States. Three month old Elodie Baker from Minnetrista is one of them. She is the only Minnesota child under a year of age waiting for a heart transplant and has already spent more time in the […]
New technique makes heart transplantation possible for more children in need
A new technique developed by researchers we funded at the Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children has doubled the number of children who can receive heart transplants, giving them new hope for a longer, healthier life. Right now, around 50 children are waiting for a heart transplant in the UK, but small hearts are hard […]
Doctors in Noida perform rare heart surgery on Iraqi patient
Hani Jawad Mohammad (56), an Iraqi patient who suffered from end-stage heart failure in 2018, has found a new lease of life. A rare case, Mohammad made a full recovery and his heart is functioning without an artificial pump or left ventricular assist device (LVAD), thanks to doctors at Fortis Hospital in Noida who treated […]
World Heart Day: Nagpur Wockhardt Hospital Launches Heart Failure Clinic – Dil Dhadakne Do
Nagpur: âWorld Heart Dayâ is celebrated every year in September. This year, Wockhardt Hospitals in Nagpur are launching a âHeart Failure Clinic – Dil Dhadakne Doâ dedicated to patients with heart failure. The clinic was launched in the presence of the expert and highly qualified cardiac team from Wockhardt Hospitals, Nagpur. The team includes Dr […]
Eva Baisey, DC area’s first heart transplant recipient, dies of COVID-19
Washington (CBS) Known as one of the longest-lived heart transplant recipients in her medical history, Eva Baisey died of COVID-19 at the age of 55. She died on September 12, 2021. “48 Hours” and Jim Axelrod covered the case in an episode called “Broken Hearts”. Doctors thought the life expectancy of a former nurse, Basie, […]
Kentucky woman has first successful operation
Many patients worried about a heart transplant and its success have reportedly found new hope as women in Kentucky, United States recently underwent the world’s first Aeson bioprosthetic total artificial heart implantation. According to a report by The time of science, the 57-year-old man became the first woman and the third person to undergo the […]
World’s first artificial heart transplant in woman shows promising results, gives hope to a wider variety of patients
Cardiothoracic surgeons at the University of Louisville Health – Jewish Hospital and the University of Louisville performed the first-ever Aeson bioprosthetic total artificial heart implantation on a 57-year-old woman from Kentucky. EurêkAlert! reported that she is the first woman to receive the new type of artificial heart, but overall the third person to do so […]
Heart failure patients take heart as Carmat’s bioprosthetics are implanted in first woman
End-stage heart failure patients, especially female patients, could have a new lease of life as a French artificial heart manufacturer Car carpet announced Tuesday that she had successfully implanted her artificial heart Aeson in the chest cavity of a 57-year-old woman. âThis 3rd implant in the United States was a milestone not only because it […]
ABC7 Eyewitness News: Brooklyn Teen Has First Pediatric Heart Transplant At NYU Langone
Oonly 12% of heart transplants involve children, or around 600 worldwide each year. Most of these surgeries take place in the United States. A teenager from Brooklyn Heights received the first ever transplant at the Hassenfeld Children’s Hospital in NYU Langone. Maz Zisan, 18, was diagnosed with end-stage heart failure before a team of pediatric […]
Father gives birth to first child with heart transplant
A young father diagnosed with severe heart disease was able to witness the birth of his first child thanks to a transplant. Ross Peters, of Dundee, was 21 when he was diagnosed with cardiomyopathy, a disease of the heart muscle that affects its ability to pump blood throughout the body. Five years later, while in […]
Brooklyn Heights teen had first heart transplant at Hassenfeld Children’s Hospital in NYU Langone
NEW YORK (WABC) – A teenager from Brooklyn Heights underwent the first ever heart transplant at Hassenfeld Children’s Hospital in NYU Langone. Maz Zisan, 18, was diagnosed with end-stage heart failure before a team of pediatric cardiac surgeons successfully replaced his heart about three weeks ago. Zisan suffered from hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM), a rare heart […]
First heart transplant recipient in DC region dies of COVID-19
Eva Baisey, known as one of the oldest heart transplant recipients in medical history, has died of COVID-19 at the age of 55. She died on September 12, 2021 – more than 34 years after receiving a heart from an unlikely donor. â¶ Watch the video: Broken hearts Eva Baisey, known as one of the […]
Duke surgeons make history with child’s heart transplant
DURHAM, NC – A new heart beats in a Burlington girl’s chest after a one-of-a-kind surgery at Duke Children’s Hospital. What would you like to know 14-year-old Burlington girl has a new heart thanks to new organ preservation technology Duke’s doctors operated on Jaynzra “Nae” Rice Special compassionate use granted by the FDA has enabled […]
Doctors at Duke University Hospital perform new type of heart transplant on 14-year-old
DURHAM, NC (WTVD) – Doctors at Duke University Hospital achieved something that had never been done before. Doctors performed a âheart donation after circulatory deathâ on a child. It’s a new technique that could help increase heart transplants by 50 percent. Brandaline Rice is in awe of the implications of the success story, but she […]
Duke surgeons perform first ‘donation after circulatory death’ of pediatric heart transplant
Surgeons at Duke University Hospital have successfully performed a “donation after circulatory death” (DCD) heart transplant in a pediatric patient, demonstrating the potential expansion of eligible donor hearts for children with heart failure. The transplant took place on August 31 and is the first pediatric patient in the United States to undergo a DCD transplant […]
Despite progress, black patients are still unlikely to receive heart transplants
After multivariate adjustment, the risk ratio for transplantation in AA was 0.90 (95% CI 0.83 – 0.96) compared to Caucasians, and the time to transplantation for other minorities was not not long. Credit: DOI: 10.1161 /circ.138.suppl_1.17340 Blacks who need a new heart are less likely to receive a transplant than whites, and if they do, […]