Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center now performing heart transplants
Beth Israel Lahey Health was treated thousands of patients with heart failure, but recently announced that it will expand its program to include heart transplantation. (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Pharmaceuticals headlines)
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Pharmaceuticals headlines - October 9, 2023 Category: Pharmaceuticals Authors: Cassie McGrath Source Type: news
History of Heart Transplant Tied to Worse Pregnancy Outcome History of Heart Transplant Tied to Worse Pregnancy Outcome
Pregnant women who have had a heart transplant are at increased risk for myocardial infarction, cardiac arrest, or other serious maternal outcomes during hospitalization for delivery.Medscape Medical News (Source: Medscape Cardiology Headlines)
Source: Medscape Cardiology Headlines - October 5, 2023 Category: Cardiology Tags: Cardiology News Source Type: news
Surveilling Heart Rejection: A Guide to Noninvasive Methods Surveilling Heart Rejection: A Guide to Noninvasive Methods
Dr Michelle Kittleson shares noninvasive monitoring strategies for heart transplant rejection.American College of Cardiology & Medscape (Source: Medscape Cardiology Headlines)
Source: Medscape Cardiology Headlines - October 5, 2023 Category: Cardiology Tags: Cardiology Commentary Source Type: news
More Data Support Heart Donation After Circulatory Death More Data Support Heart Donation After Circulatory Death
Mortality and other outcomes after heart transplantation are comparable for patients receiving organs donated after circulatory death or after brain death.Medscape Medical News (Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines)
Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines - October 2, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Cardiology News Source Type: news
Artificial Heart Maker's Future Seen in Hands of Core Backers Artificial Heart Maker's Future Seen in Hands of Core Backers
Troubled artificial heart maker Carmat is appealing to key shareholders led by Airbus to invest new funds to avoid the collapse of the 30-year-old venture.Reuters Health Information (Source: Medscape Transplantation Headlines)
Source: Medscape Transplantation Headlines - October 2, 2023 Category: Transplant Surgery Tags: Cardiology News Source Type: news
Artificial Heart Maker Carmat Could Run Out of Cash Artificial Heart Maker Carmat Could Run Out of Cash
French artificial heart maker Carmat said on Monday supply issues meant it would miss its full-year sales target and warned it could run out of cash by the end of October.Reuters Health Information (Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines)
Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines - September 26, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Cardiology News Source Type: news
Second Pig-Heart Transplant Patient at UM Faring Well Second Pig-Heart Transplant Patient at UM Faring Well
He should be well served by lessons from last year ' s turbulent case of David Bennett, the first patient at the University of Maryland to receive a genetically modified porcine heart.Medscape Medical News (Source: Medscape Transplantation Headlines)
Source: Medscape Transplantation Headlines - September 25, 2023 Category: Transplant Surgery Tags: Cardiology News Source Type: news
Gene-Tweaked Pig Heart Transplant Into Second Patient
MONDAY, Sept. 25, 2023 -- A second human patient has received a genetically altered pig heart as he battles the ravages of end-stage heart disease. The 58-year-old man, Lawrence Faucette, received the pig organ at the University of Maryland Medical... (Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News)
Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News - September 25, 2023 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news
Artificial heart maker Carmat could run out of cash after sales miss
French artificial heart maker Carmat said on Monday supply issues meant it would miss its full-year sales target and warned it could run out of cash by the end of October. "During the first half of 2023, the production ramp-up we were anticipating was significantly disrupted by supply issues," CEO…#carmat #stephanepiat (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - September 25, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Short-Term Survival Worse for Single-Ventricle Congenital Heart Disease Patients
MONDAY, Sept. 25, 2023 -- Single-ventricle congenital heart disease (CHD) patients undergoing heart transplant have worse short-term survival, according to a study published online in the Sept. 19 issue of the Journal of the American College of... (Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News)
Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News - September 25, 2023 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news
Surgeons Perform Transplant of Gene-Tweaked Pig Heart Into Second Patient
MONDAY, Sept. 25, 2023 -- A second human patient has received a genetically altered pig heart as he battles the ravages of end-stage heart disease.
The 58-year-old man, Lawrence Faucette, received the pig organ at the University of Maryland Medical... (Source: Drugs.com - Daily MedNews)
Source: Drugs.com - Daily MedNews - September 25, 2023 Category: General Medicine Source Type: news
Terminally ill man from Maryland, 58, is living with a PIG'S HEART - after becoming second patient ever to get pioneering transplant surgery
This week, Lawrence Faucette, 58, received a transplanted pig heart at the University of Maryland Medical Center after being deemed ineligible for a human heart transplant due to a condition. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - September 22, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Doctors Transplant Pig Heart Into Dying Man
Surgeons with the University of Maryland Medical Center were able to successfully transplant a pig’s heart into 58-year-old Lawrence Faucette on Wednesday, who was facing death with end-stage heart disease, the doctors announced Friday—marking just the second time this procedure, which doctors…#lawrencefaucette #bartleygriffith #marylanduniversity #davidbennett #annfaucette (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - September 22, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Surgeons perform second pig heart transplant, trying to save a dying man
Surgeons have transplanted a pig’s heart into a dying man in a bid to prolong his life (Source: ABC News: Health)
Source: ABC News: Health - September 22, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Health Source Type: news
Genetically Modified Pig ’s Heart Is Transplanted Into a Second Patient
The first patient to receive such an organ died after two months. “At least now I have hope,” the second recipient said before the surgery. (Source: NYT Health)
Source: NYT Health - September 22, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Roni Caryn Rabin Tags: your-feed-science Kidneys Genetic Engineering Pigs Heart Immune System Transplants Surgery and Surgeons University of Maryland Medical Center Source Type: news
