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Mass General Surgeons Pioneer Transplant Surgery with DCD Donor Hearts
The first-ever heart transplant using a donation after circulatory death (DCD) donor heart in New England was recently performed at Massachusetts General Hospital.
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Innovation Increases Availability of Hearts and Lungs for Transplant
Warm perfusion and careful selection of marginal organs allow Mass General transplant teams to save more lives.
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TCS–VAD Better Than ECMO for Acute Support Before Heart Transplantation
In a nationwide study, patients bridged to transplant with temporary circulatory support–ventricular assist devices had post-transplant survival superior to those bridged with extracorporeal membrane oxygenation and similar to those bridged with left-ventricular assist devices.
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DCD Donor Hearts Safely Expand Donor Organ Pool
Massachusetts General Hospital is one of five donation after circulatory death (DCD) heart transplant centers in the U.S., investigating DCD donor hearts for transplantation.
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Opinion: Now's the Time to Identify Candidates for Pig-to-Human Heart Transplantation
Now that cardiac xenotransplantation appears to be within reach, physicians are considering what groups of patients with life-threatening cardiac disease might be ethically appropriate to be offered participation in the initial clinical trials.
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Prior Sternotomy Linked to Worse Survival After Cardiac Transplantation
A history of sternotomy is a risk factor for worse survival after cardiac transplantation, cardiac surgeons at Massachusetts General Hospital determined after reviewing nationwide data.
Heart Transplant Contributors
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David A. D'Alessandro, MD
Surgical Director, Heart Transplantation and Ventricular Assist Devices, Member of Faculty, Harvard Medical School
Recent Article
DCD Donor Hearts Safely Expand Donor Organ Pool
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Gregory D. Lewis, MD
Section Head, Heart Failure, Director, Cardiopulmonary Exercise Testing Laboratory, Medical Director, Cardiology ICU and Mechanical Circulatory Support Program
Recent Article
Clinical Challenge: Periodic Breathing in Cardiopulmonary Exercise Testing
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James F. Markmann, MD, PhD
Chief, Division of Transplantation, Massachusetts General Hospital, Surgical Director, Liver, Pancreas and Islet Transplant Programs, Clinical Director, MGH Transplant Center, Claude E. Welch Professor of Surgery, Harvard Medical School
Recent Article
Mass General Surgeons Pioneer Transplant Surgery with DCD Donor Hearts
Cardiovascular Care at Mass General
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