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FDA Approves 50cc Total Artificial Heart System as Bridge to Transplantation

The Food and Drug Administration approved the 50cc temporary Total Artificial Heart System developed and manufactured by SynCardia Systems, LLC as a bridge to heart transplant for patients who are at imminent risk for death from biventricular failure.

Multisociety Lifelong Learning: Competencies for Advanced HF, Cardiology Transplant Specialists

Multisociety Lifelong Learning Statement focuses on learning competencies necessary for advanced heart failure and transplant cardiology specialists.

Comparable Survival With Hepatitis C-Positive, -Negative Heart Transplant Donors

Patients who received heart transplants from hepatitis C virus-positive vs -negative donors were found to have comparable survival at 1 year and patients who developed transplant-related hepatitis C responded well to treatment.

Exposure to Air Pollution May Be Associated With Increased Mortality After Heart Transplant

Exposure to air pollution may be associated with increased patient mortality after heart transplantation.

Heart Transplant 5-Year Survival Benefit Varies Widely Across Transplant Centers

Five-year survival benefit following heart transplant varies widely across transplant centers.

Exposure to Air Pollution May Up Mortality After Heart Transplant

Estimated mortality hazard ratio 1.43 per 10 µg/m³ increment increase in annual PM_2.5 exposure

New US Donor Heart Allocation System May Worsen Outcomes

Early observations show lower waitlist mortality, but higher posttransplant mortality or retransplantation.

New Pulmonary Hypertension Definition Clarifies Mortality Risk After Heart Transplant

Although an independent association was not identified between pulmonary vascular resistance and conditional 1-year mortality, it was identified between pulmonary vascular resistance and 30-day mortality.

No Indication of ‘July Effect’ in Context of Cardiac Surgery

In the context of cardiac surgery, there is no indication of a “July effect,” describing worse outcomes in the first month of training.

Lower Blood Transfusion Threshold During Cardiac Surgery May Not Raise AKI Risk

Transfusing red blood cells into cardiac surgery patients only when their hemoglobin levels fall to below 7.5 g/dL does not increase acute kidney injury risk.