Jose Luis Campo-Cañaveral de la Cruz, Eduardo Miñambres
{"title":"A plea to implement lung donor management protocols in cDCD.","authors":"Jose Luis Campo-Cañaveral de la Cruz, Eduardo Miñambres","doi":"10.1016/j.healun.2024.12.015","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.healun.2024.12.015","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":15900,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":6.4,"publicationDate":"2024-12-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142907076","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Evaluating Donor Lungs: The Importance of a Fresh Perspective for Every Case.","authors":"Sahar A Saddoughi","doi":"10.1016/j.healun.2024.12.012","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.healun.2024.12.012","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":15900,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":6.4,"publicationDate":"2024-12-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142907080","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Cracking the code of BOS and RAS.","authors":"Emmanuel Zorn, Philippe Lemaitre","doi":"10.1016/j.healun.2024.12.009","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.healun.2024.12.009","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":15900,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":6.4,"publicationDate":"2024-12-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142907078","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Sotatercept in PAH: A promising pathway while awaiting long-term outcomes.","authors":"Mads Jønsson Andersen, Mark Toshner","doi":"10.1016/j.healun.2024.12.008","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.healun.2024.12.008","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":15900,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":6.4,"publicationDate":"2024-12-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142907096","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Towards a nuanced understanding of donor risk","authors":"Brian Wayda MD, MPH","doi":"10.1016/j.healun.2024.12.023","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.healun.2024.12.023","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":15900,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation","volume":"44 3","pages":"Pages 376-377"},"PeriodicalIF":6.4,"publicationDate":"2024-12-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142907097","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Increases in donor/recipient predicted heart mass ratios do not result in large donor right ventricles.","authors":"Samantha Weller, Sarah Li, Luke Masha","doi":"10.1016/j.healun.2024.12.016","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.healun.2024.12.016","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Pulmonary hypertension puts strain on the right ventricle (RV), leading to the widespread practice of oversizing donor hearts to mitigate complications. However, contemporary evidence for this practice is neutral. We studied the relationship between donor-recipient predicted heart mass (D/R PHM) ratios and increases in donor left ventricle (LV) and RV mass. We also studied the relationship between predicted D/R PHM ratios and predicted D/R LV mass difference and RV mass difference. We find that increases in D/R PHM ratios result in minimal change in donor RV mass as well as minimal change in predicted D/R RV mass difference. However, increases in D/R PHM ratios were associated with marked increases in predicted D/R LV mass difference. We conclude that the utilization of donors with high predicted D/R PHM ratios generally does not result in the delivery of larger RVs to transplant recipients, but predominantly the delivery of larger LVs.</p>","PeriodicalId":15900,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":6.4,"publicationDate":"2024-12-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142877026","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The waiting is the hardest part","authors":"Kevin J. Clerkin MD, MSc, Nir Uriel MD, MSc","doi":"10.1016/j.healun.2024.12.004","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.healun.2024.12.004","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":15900,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation","volume":"44 3","pages":"Pages 386-388"},"PeriodicalIF":6.4,"publicationDate":"2024-12-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142870844","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Ananya Gorrai, Maryjane Farr, Patrick O'hara, Hadi Beaini, Nicholas Hendren, Christopher Wrobel, Elizabeth Ashley Hardin, Darren McGuire, Amit Khera, Thomas J Wang, Mark Drazner, Sonia Garg, Matthias Peltz, Lauren K Truby
{"title":"Novel therapeutic agents for cardiometabolic risk mitigation in heart transplant recipients.","authors":"Ananya Gorrai, Maryjane Farr, Patrick O'hara, Hadi Beaini, Nicholas Hendren, Christopher Wrobel, Elizabeth Ashley Hardin, Darren McGuire, Amit Khera, Thomas J Wang, Mark Drazner, Sonia Garg, Matthias Peltz, Lauren K Truby","doi":"10.1016/j.healun.2024.12.006","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.healun.2024.12.006","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Heart transplant (HT) recipients experience high rates of cardiometabolic disease. Novel therapies targeting hyperlipidemia, diabetes, and obesity, including proprotein convertase subtilisin/kexin inhibitors, sodium-glucose cotransporter-2 inhibitors, and glucagon-like peptide-1 agonists, are increasingly used for cardiometabolic risk mitigation in the general population. However, limited data exist to support the use of these agents in patients who have undergone heart transplantation. Herein, we describe the mechanisms of action and emerging evidence supporting the use of novel pharmacologic agents in the post-HT setting for cardiometabolic risk mitigation and review evidence supporting their ability to modulate immune pathways associated with atherogenesis, epicardial adipose tissue, and coronary allograft vasculopathy.</p>","PeriodicalId":15900,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":6.4,"publicationDate":"2024-12-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142864554","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Michaela Asher, Amit Iyengar, David Rekhtman, Joyce Jiang, Cindy Song, Noah Weingarten, Max Shin, Lindsay Nitsche, Constantine D Mavroudis
{"title":"Goodnight Moon: The (not so) mystical effect of folklore and superstitions on cardiac transplantation.","authors":"Michaela Asher, Amit Iyengar, David Rekhtman, Joyce Jiang, Cindy Song, Noah Weingarten, Max Shin, Lindsay Nitsche, Constantine D Mavroudis","doi":"10.1016/j.healun.2024.12.007","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.healun.2024.12.007","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>The effect of Friday the 13th and Full Moons on cardiac transplantation is unknown. We investigated the impact of these superstitious events on recipient and donor qualities, complications, survival, and volume.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>All adult transplants from 2013-2023 in the United Network for Organ Sharing database were retrospectively reviewed. Friday the 13th recipients were compared to Adjacent Friday recipients and all other recipients. Full Moon recipients were compared to New Moon recipients and all other transplants. Recipient and donor characteristics were statistically compared, and outcomes including transplant volume, frequency, complications, and survival were assessed between groups before, and after, the 2018 allocation change.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>One thousand and twenty transplants occurred on a Full Moon, and 134 occurred on a Friday the 13th. No differences between donors, recipients, or outcomes and volume across eras were found in the Lunar analysis (all p > 0.05). Compared to Adjacent Friday recipients, but not to the control group, Friday the 13th recipients had higher rates of severe functional impairment (44% vs 41%), longer admissions before transplant (4 vs 1 day), and a higher prevalence of intensive care unit placement (40% vs 35%) (all p < 0.05). However, no differences were found in donor characteristics, outcomes, survival, or volume in either era (all p > 0.05).</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>There is likely no substantial adverse or unlucky influence of the Full Moon or Friday the 13th on cardiac transplantation. However, perceived stress has demonstrated effects on medical outcomes and health system functioning. Therefore, further research should investigate the persistence of these beliefs in health care settings.</p>","PeriodicalId":15900,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":6.4,"publicationDate":"2024-12-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142829108","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Primary graft dysfunction, dysbiosis, and innate immune activation after lung transplantation","authors":"Adam G. Stewart , Daniel C. Chambers","doi":"10.1016/j.healun.2024.11.043","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.healun.2024.11.043","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":15900,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation","volume":"44 3","pages":"Pages 435-436"},"PeriodicalIF":6.4,"publicationDate":"2024-12-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142822094","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}