Cardiac surgeon to join Jewish Hospital, U of L May 15, 2008
He currently serves as director of the heart transplantation and mechanical assist device program at Advocate Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn, Ill ... An expert in heart transplantation, ventricular assist devices and surgical management of heart failure, Dr. Slaughter earned his B.S. in civil engineering at and his M.D. at. (Louisville Business First, KY)
A Man with Left Ventricular Dysfunction after Heart Transplantation Nov 29, 2007
NEJM -- Case 37-2007 -- A 47-Year-Old Man with Left Ventricular Dysfunction after Heart Transplantation ... Case 37-2007 A 47-Year-Old Man with Left Ventricular Dysfunction after Heart Transplantation. (New England Journal of Medicine)
Use of a Continuous-Flow Pump in Patients Awaiting Heart Transplantation Aug 30, 2007
NEJM -- Use of a Continuous-Flow Device in Patients Awaiting Heart Transplantation ... Use of a Continuous-Flow Device in Patients Awaiting Heart Transplantation ... Methods In a prospective, multicenter study without a concurrent control group, 133 patients with end-stage heart failure who were on a waiting list for heart transplantation underwent implantation of a continuous-flow pump. (New England Journal of Medicine)
Innovative trial design could reduce time to market Feb 15, 2007
The BTT Protocol is a single arm prospective trial to an objective performance criterion of 75%10% success, defined as heart transplantation or listed for heart transplantation at 180 days. There will be an interim analysis at 98 outcomes. (EurekAlert! -- Business News)
Julie Robotham Jul 24, 2006
From heart transplantation to human cloning (via mascara allergies and ingrown toenails), much of this brave work on the scientific frontiers has gone unreported. Until now. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Opinion)
FDA changes to accelerate patient recruitment Jul 4, 2006
The new changes will now allow patients to be discharged to a non-acute care setting under the hospital's control, whereas previously the FDA had required all patients to stay in hospital until heart transplantation. "The FDA's approval of discharge to a non-acute care setting makes participation in Ventracor's trial more attractive to potential patients and should be a catalyst for recruitment," Mr Crosby said. (EurekAlert! -- Business News)
Children's Hospital honored Jun 3, 2006
Many firsts in pediatric transplantation have occurred at Children's, which also has been a pioneer in using a ventricular assist device as a bridge to heart transplantation. Research programs at the hospital also are helping to advance pediatric transplantation through clinical trials in progress in immunotherapy, transplantation tolerance, organ preservation, bioengineering, living intestine transplants and post-transplant therapies. (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA)
Norman Shumway Feb 16, 2006
Father of heart transplantation who also performed the world's first heart-lung transplant ... Shumway had been researching heart transplantation in animals for a decade when he announced, on 20 November 1967, that he was ready to carry out the first human heart transplant and was awaiting a suitable donor ... A moratorium on heart transplantation obtained for a decade in most countries and in most of America. (The Independent, UK)
Norman Shumway, Heart Transplantation Pioneer, Dies at 83 Feb 11, 2006
Norman E. Shumway, MD, PhD, the father of heart transplantation and one of the pre-eminent heart surgeons of his time, died this morning at his Palo Alto home of complications from cancer, the Stanford University School of Medicine announced ... The landmark operation created a burst of enthusiasm for heart transplantation, though cardiac surgeons quickly lost interest because of the high rate of post-surgical deaths ... "Many people gave it up when they thought it was too difficult, but Dr.... (Genetic Engineering News)
Infant transplant patients resist infections that kill adult AIDS patients Jan 31, 2006
The researchers studied 20 patients who as infants underwent heart transplantation and had their thymus removed. As a result the infants were deficient in T cells, the cells depleted in AIDS patients that are crucial to fighting viruses and cancer tumors. (EurekAlert!)
