Heart and Lung Transplantation

Causes of family refusal for organ donation in brain-dead cases, A Narrative Review

Introduction: One of the most important barriers to organ transplantation and the consequent mortality of people on the waiting list for transplants in most countries is family refusal. As a result, recognizing the effective factors in family consent will provide a bridge to increase the rate of supply of organs needed for transplantation. Due to the various factors affecting organ donation, in...

Translational Insights on Lung Transplantation: Learning from Immunology

The introduction of ex vivo lung perfusion (EVLP) in the practice of lung transplantation has allowed the reconditioning of the marginal grafts and their conversion into transplantable grafts. In addition, EVLP can provide a platform for the application of various preventive measures to decrease the incidence of post-transplant complications. While the Toronto team targets the attenuation of th...

Osteoporosis after stem cell transplantation

Background Stem cell transplantation has become as a novel treatment  for end-stage kidney, lung, heart , liver diseases and several hematologic disorders. Improved survival of transplant recipients has raised awareness of post-transplant complications. One of these complications is transplant-related osteoporosis. Methods  In this manuscript we review prevention methods for transplant-relat...

The Registry of the International Society for Heart and Lung Transplantation: Fourteenth Pediatric Lung and Heart-Lung Transplantation Report--2011.

This Fourteenth Pediatric Lung and Heart-Lung Transplantation Report covers the pediatric lung transplantation and heart-lung transplantation experience from January 1986 through June 2010. During this period, 1,664 pediatric lung transplant procedures and 653 pediatric heart-lung transplant procedures were reported to the International Society for Heart and Lung Transplantation (ISHLT) Registr...

Current status of paediatric heart, lung, and heart-lung transplantation.

Since the first successful heart transplantation by Christian Barnard in 1967, there have been over 60 000 heart transplants performed worldwide. Around 350 paediatric heart transplants are now performed annually and approximately 10% of these are in the UK.

Listing criteria for heart transplantation: International Society for Heart and Lung Transplantation guidelines for the care of cardiac transplant candidates--2006.