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View article: Semilunar Valve Function After Rejection in Heart Transplant Recipients: Implications for Partial Heart Transplantation
Semilunar Valve Function After Rejection in Heart Transplant Recipients: Implications for Partial Heart Transplantation Open
Background Partial heart transplantation (PHT) is a promising procedure for pediatric patients with irreparable semilunar valve disease. Current immunosuppression regimens mirror orthotopic heart transplant (OHT) protocols. However, semilu…
View article: Machine Learning for Predicting Waitlist Mortality in Pediatric Heart Transplantation
Machine Learning for Predicting Waitlist Mortality in Pediatric Heart Transplantation Open
Background Waitlist mortality remains a critical issue for pediatric heart transplant (HTx) candidates, particularly for candidates with congenital heart disease. Listing center organ offer acceptance practices have been identified as a fa…
View article: Pediatric donor heart utilization variability among organ procurement organizations
Pediatric donor heart utilization variability among organ procurement organizations Open
Background Organ procurement organizations (OPOs) are responsible for the medical management of organ donors. Given the variability in pediatric donor heart utilization among OPOs, we examined factors that may explain this variability, inc…
View article: Percutaneous Mitral Valve Repair in Pediatric Patients
Percutaneous Mitral Valve Repair in Pediatric Patients Open
Rigorous clinical trials have demonstrated the safety and efficacy of Transcatheter Edge-to-Edge Repair (TEER) to treat severe secondary mitral regurgitation in adults with primary cardiomyopathy who have failed guideline directed medical …
View article: Pediatric donor heart acceptance practices in the United States: What is really being considered?
Pediatric donor heart acceptance practices in the United States: What is really being considered? Open
Background Recent studies demonstrate high offer decline and organ non‐utilization rates are associated with increased pediatric heart transplant waitlist mortality. We sought to determine which donor, candidate, and offer specific variabl…