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Tsai C, Dolan P, Moss N, Sandoval AF, Roldan J, Herron DM. Sleeve gastrectomy facilitates weight loss and permits cardiac transplantation in patients with severe obesity and a left ventricular assist device (LVAD). Surg Endosc 2023; 37:8655-8662. [PMID: 37495848 DOI: 10.1007/s00464-023-10264-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/11/2023] [Accepted: 06/27/2023] [Indexed: 07/28/2023]
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INTRODUCTION Patients suffering from advanced heart failure may undergo left ventricular assist device (LVAD) placement as a bridge to cardiac transplantation. However, those with a BMI above 35 kg/m2 are generally not considered eligible for transplant due to their elevated cardiac risk. We review our experience with bariatric surgery in this high-risk population to assess its safety and efficacy in reducing BMI to permit cardiac transplantation. METHODS We retrospectively reviewed all patients on durable LVAD support who underwent sleeve gastrectomy (SG) at Mount Sinai Hospital between August 2018 and December 2022. Electronic medical records were reviewed to analyze patient demographics, surgical details, and outcomes regarding weight loss and heart transplantation. RESULTS We identified twelve LVAD patients who underwent SG. Three were performed laparoscopically and 9 via robotic approach. Four patients (33.3%) underwent an orthotopic heart transplant (OHTx). Half of these patients were female. For patients who underwent OHTx, mean age at LVAD placement was 41.0 (R30.6-52.2), at SG was 43.9 (R32.7-55.0) and at OHTx was 45.3 years (R33.3-56.8). Mean BMI increased from 38.8 at LVAD placement to 42.5 prior to SG. Mean time from SG to OHTx was 17.9 months (R6-7-27.5) during which BMI decreased to mean 32.8 at the time of OHTx. At most recent follow-up, mean BMI was 31.9. All patients were anticoagulated prior to surgery; one required return to the operating room on post-operative day 1 after SG for bleeding and one was re-admitted on post-operative day 7 for hematochezia treated conservatively. CONCLUSION SG is a safe and effective operation in patients with severe obesity and heart failure requiring an LVAD. 66.7% of our cohort achieved target BMI < 35 and 33.3% underwent heart transplantation. Longer term follow-up is needed to clarify full bridge-to-transplant rate and long-term survival outcomes.
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- Catherine Tsai
- Department of Surgery, Mount Sinai Health System, 1 Gustave L. Levy Place, New York, NY, 10029, USA.
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- Department of Surgery, Mount Sinai Health System, 1 Gustave L. Levy Place, New York, NY, 10029, USA
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- Department of Cardiology, Mount Sinai Health System, New York, USA
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- Department of Cardiology, Mount Sinai Health System, New York, USA
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- Department of Surgery, Mount Sinai Health System, 1 Gustave L. Levy Place, New York, NY, 10029, USA
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Masarone D, Kittleson MM, Falco L, Martucci ML, Catapano D, Brescia B, Petraio A, De Feo M, Pacileo G. The ABC of Heart Transplantation-Part 1: Indication, Eligibility, Donor Selection, and Surgical Technique. J Clin Med 2023; 12:5217. [PMID: 37629260 PMCID: PMC10455167 DOI: 10.3390/jcm12165217] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/21/2023] [Revised: 08/04/2023] [Accepted: 08/09/2023] [Indexed: 08/27/2023] Open
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Cardiac transplantation represents the gold standard of treatment for selected patients with advanced heart failure who have poor functional capacity and prognosis despite guideline-directed medical therapy and device-based therapy. Proper patient selection and appropriate referral of patients to centers for the treatment of advanced heart failure are the first but decisive steps for screening patients eligible for cardiac transplantation. The eligibility and the decision to list for cardiac transplantation, even for patients with relative contraindications, are based on a multidisciplinary evaluation of a transplant team. This review will discuss the practical indications, the process of patient eligibility for cardiac transplantation, the principle of donor selection, as well as the surgical technique.
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- Daniele Masarone
- Heart Failure Unit, Department of Cardiology, AORN dei Colli-Monaldi Hospital, 80131 Naples, Italy
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- Department of Cardiology, Smidt Heart Institute, Cedars-Sinai Hospital, Los Angeles, CA 90048, USA
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- Heart Failure Unit, Department of Cardiology, AORN dei Colli-Monaldi Hospital, 80131 Naples, Italy
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- Heart Failure Unit, Department of Cardiology, AORN dei Colli-Monaldi Hospital, 80131 Naples, Italy
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- Heart Failure Unit, Department of Cardiology, AORN dei Colli-Monaldi Hospital, 80131 Naples, Italy
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- Department of Experimental Medicine, University of Campania “Luigi Vanvitelli”, 80131 Naples, Italy
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- Heart Transplant Unit, Department of Cardiac Surgery and Transplants, AORN dei Colli Monaldi Hospital, 80131 Naples, Italy
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- Cardiac Surgery Unit, Department of Cardiac Surgery and Transplants, AORN dei Colli Monaldi Hospital, 80131 Naples, Italy
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- Heart Failure Unit, Department of Cardiology, AORN dei Colli-Monaldi Hospital, 80131 Naples, Italy
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Hanke JS, Merzah AS, Arfai J, Haverich A, Schmitto JD, Dogan G. Der Patient am linksventrikulären Assist Device. ZEITSCHRIFT FUR HERZ THORAX UND GEFASSCHIRURGIE 2023. [DOI: 10.1007/s00398-023-00571-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 03/30/2023]
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Clinical impact and economic burden of post-transplant infections following heart transplantation: a retrospective nationwide cohort study. J Heart Lung Transplant 2022; 41:1601-1610. [DOI: 10.1016/j.healun.2022.08.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/23/2021] [Revised: 07/21/2022] [Accepted: 08/01/2022] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Lee YK, Shukman M, Biniwale R, Ardehali A, Kamath M, Nsair A, Schaenman JM, Goldwater D. Benefits of both physical assessment and electronic health record review to assess frailty prior to heart transplant. Clin Transplant 2022; 36:e14559. [PMID: 34923657 PMCID: PMC9366897 DOI: 10.1111/ctr.14559] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/20/2021] [Revised: 11/19/2021] [Accepted: 11/22/2021] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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INTRODUCTION Frailty status affects outcomes after heart transplantation, but the optimal way to assess frailty prior to transplant remains unknown. METHODS This single-center, observational study assessed 44 heart transplant candidates for frailty using three methods. The Short Physical Performance Battery (SPPB) and Fried Frailty Phenotype (FFP) were used as two physical assessments of frailty. The Frailty Risk Score (FRS) was used as a chart-review based assessment measuring 20 different biopsychosocial and functional components, including biomarkers, depression, cognitive impairment, and sleep. RESULTS We determined the correlation between FRS, SPPB, and FFP and how each correlated with clinical outcomes. Of 44 participants, mean age was 60 years. FRS correlated with SPPB and FFP (P = .043, P < .001, respectively). Higher frailty as measured by SPPB and FRS was significantly associated with lack of achieving waitlist status (P = .022; P = .002) and not being transplanted (P = .026; P = .008). Higher frailty by SPPB and FFP was also associated with mortality (P = .010; P = .025). CONCLUSION SPPB and chart-review FRS showed potential for predicting waitlist and transplant status of heart transplant candidates, while SPPB and FFP were associated with mortality. Additional studies may serve to validate these observations.
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- Yoon Kyung Lee
- David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, California, USA
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- Division of Cardiology, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, California, USA
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- Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, California, USA
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- Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, California, USA
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- Division of Cardiology, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, California, USA
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- Division of Cardiology, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, California, USA
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- Division of Infectious Diseases, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, California, USA
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- Division of Cardiology, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, California, USA,Division of Geriatrics, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, California, USA
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Heart Transplant in Older Adults. CURRENT TRANSPLANTATION REPORTS 2022; 9:48-54. [PMID: 35039790 PMCID: PMC8755401 DOI: 10.1007/s40472-022-00358-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 12/02/2021] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Purpose of Review Older adults with end-stage heart failure may be candidates for heart transplantation (HT) and changing guidelines and institutional policies have increased the availability of HT for septuagenarians. This review explores historical, pre-HT evaluation, and post-HT outcomes for older adult HT recipients. Recent Findings Rates of HT in older adults have increased in the past decade and more than 800 septuagenarians have undergone HT. Older adult HT recipients have similar survival, rehospitalization, and graft failure rates when compared to younger patients despite additional comorbidities and higher risk donors. Summary HT is feasible in carefully selected older adults. As the number of older adults who are considered for HT increases, additional research into population-specific assessment tools will be needed. Furthermore, age-related immune changes warrant population-specific studies on immunosuppressive regimens.
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Evaluation and Management of Liver Transplant Candidates With Prior Nonhepatic Cancer: Guidelines From the ILTS/SETH Consensus Conference. Transplantation 2022; 106:e3-e11. [PMID: 34905758 DOI: 10.1097/tp.0000000000003997] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/15/2023]
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Liver transplant in patients with prior nonhepatic cancer is a matter of concern, needing further research, development, and consensus guidelines. This International Liver Transplantation Society/Sociedad Española De Trasplante Hepático consensus conference document focuses on the role of liver transplantation in patients with a prior history of nonhepatic cancer. This document addresses (1) the evaluation of transplant candidates with prior cancers based on the assessment of prognosis, the natural history of individual cancers, and the emerging role for circulating DNA and minimal residual disease in these patients; (2) the impact of prior treatments, including immunotherapy for prior malignancies; and (3) the surveillance of posttransplant cancer recurrence. The consensus statement is based on previously published guidelines, as well as a review of the current, relevant, published literature.
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Bayram Z, Doğan C, Acar RD, Efe S, Akbal ÖY, Yılmaz F, Güvendi Şengör B, Karaduman A, Uysal S, Karagöz A, Önal Ç, Kırali MK, Kaymaz C, Özdemir N. How does severe functional mitral regurgitation redefined by European guidelines affect pulmonary vascular resistance and hemodynamics in heart transplant candidates? Anatol J Cardiol 2021; 25:437-446. [PMID: 34100731 DOI: 10.5152/anatoljcardiol.2021.36114] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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OBJECTIVE Increased pulmonary artery pressure (PAP) and pulmonary vascular resistance (PVR) are important prognostic factors in patients with heart transplantation (HT). It is well known that severe mitral regurgitation increases pulmonary pressures. However, the European Society of Cardiology and the 6th World Symposium of pulmonary hypertension (PH) task force redefined severe functional mitral regurgitation (FMR) and PH, respectively. We aimed to investigate the effect of severe FMR on PAP and PVR based on these major redefinitions in patients with HT. METHODS A total of 212 patients with HT were divided into 2 groups: those with severe FMR (n=70) and without severe FMR (n=142). Severe FMR was defined as effective orifice regurgitation area ≥20 mm2 and regurgitation volume ≥30 mL where the mitral valve was morphologically normal. A mean PAP of >20 mm Hg was accepted as PH. Patients with left ventricular ejection fraction ≤25% were included in the study. RESULTS The systolic PAP, mean PAP, and PVR were higher in patients with severe FMR than in those without severe FMR [58.5 (48.0-70.2) versus 45.0 (36.0-64.0), p<0.001; 38.0 (30.2-46.6) versus 31.0 (23.0-39.5), p=0.004; 4.0 (2.3-6.8) versus 2.6 (1.2-4.3), p=0.001, respectively]. Univariate analysis revealed that the severe FMR is a risk factor for PVR ≥3 and 5 WU [odds ratio (OR): 2.0, 95% confidence interval (CI): 1.1-3.6, p=0.009; and OR: 3.2, 95% CI: 1.5-6.7, p=0.002]. The multivariate regression analysis results revealed that presence of severe FMR is an independent risk factor for PVR ≥3 WU and presence of combined pre-post-capillary PH (OR: 2.23, 95% CI: 1.30-3.82, p=0.003 and OR: 2.30, 95% CI: 1.25-4.26, p=0.008). CONCLUSION Even in the updated definition of FMR with a lower threshold, severe FMR is associated with higher PVR, systolic PAP, and mean PAP and appears to have an unfavorable effect on pulmonary hemodynamics in patients with HT.
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- Zübeyde Bayram
- Department of Cardiology, Kartal Koşuyolu Heart Training and Research Hospital; İstanbul-Turkey
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- Department of Cardiology, Kartal Koşuyolu Heart Training and Research Hospital; İstanbul-Turkey
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- Department of Cardiology, Kartal Koşuyolu Heart Training and Research Hospital; İstanbul-Turkey
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- Department of Cardiology, Kartal Koşuyolu Heart Training and Research Hospital; İstanbul-Turkey
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- Department of Cardiology, Kartal Koşuyolu Heart Training and Research Hospital; İstanbul-Turkey
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- Department of Cardiology, Kartal Koşuyolu Heart Training and Research Hospital; İstanbul-Turkey
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- Department of Cardiology, Kartal Koşuyolu Heart Training and Research Hospital; İstanbul-Turkey
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- Department of Cardiology, Kartal Koşuyolu Heart Training and Research Hospital; İstanbul-Turkey
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- Department of Cardiology, Kartal Koşuyolu Heart Training and Research Hospital; İstanbul-Turkey
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- Department of Cardiology, Yedikule Chest Diseases and Thoracic Surgery Training and Research Hospital; İstanbul-Turkey
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- Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Kartal Koşuyolu Heart Training and Research Hospital; İstanbul-Turkey
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- Department of Cardiology, Kartal Koşuyolu Heart Training and Research Hospital; İstanbul-Turkey
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- Department of Cardiology, Kartal Koşuyolu Heart Training and Research Hospital; İstanbul-Turkey
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Bariatric Surgery as a Bridge to Heart Transplantation in Morbidly Obese Patients: a Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. Cardiol Rev 2020; 30:1-7. [PMID: 33165086 DOI: 10.1097/crd.0000000000000346] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Class 2 obesity or greater (body mass index [BMI] >35 kg/m) is a relative contraindication for heart transplant due to its associated perioperative risks and mortality. Whether bariatric surgery can act as a potential bridging procedure to heart transplantation is unknown. The aim of this systematic review and meta-analysis is to investigate the role of bariatric surgery on improving transplant candidacy in patients with end-stage heart failure (ESHF). MEDLINE, EMBASE, CENTRAL, and PubMed databases were searched up to September 2019 for studies that performed bariatric surgery on patients with severe obesity and ESHF. Outcomes of interest included incidence of patients listed for heart transplantation after bariatric surgery, proportion of patients that successfully received transplant, the change in BMI after bariatric surgery, and 30-day complications. Pooled estimates were calculated using a random effects meta-analysis of proportions. Eleven studies with 98 patients were included. Mean preoperative BMI was 44.9 (2.1) kg/m and BMI after surgery was 33.2 (2.3) kg/m with an absolute BMI reduction of 26.1%. After bariatric surgery, 71% (95% confidence interval [CI], 55%-86%) of patients with ESHF were listed for transplantation. The mean time from bariatric surgery to receiving a heart transplant was 14.9 (4.0) months. Of the listed patients, 57% (95% CI, 39-74%) successfully received heart transplant. The rate of 30-day mortality after bariatric surgery was 0%, and the 30-day major and minor complications after bariatric surgery was 28% (95% CI, 10%-49%). Bariatric surgery can facilitate sustained weight loss in obese patients with ESHF, improving heart transplant candidacy and the incidence of transplantation.
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Ando M, Takayama H, Kurlansky PA, Han J, Garan AR, Topkara VK, Yuzefpolskaya M, Colombo PC, Farr M, Naka Y, Takeda K. Effect of Pulmonary Hypertension on Transplant Outcomes in Patients With Ventricular Assist Devices. Ann Thorac Surg 2020; 110:158-164. [DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2019.09.095] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/10/2019] [Revised: 09/07/2019] [Accepted: 09/27/2019] [Indexed: 01/05/2023]
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Bordoni B, Morabito B, Simonelli M, Nicoletti L, Rinaldi R, Tobbi F, Caiazzo P. Osteopathic approach with a patient undergoing cardiac transplantation: the five diaphragms. Int Med Case Rep J 2019; 12:303-308. [PMID: 31564994 PMCID: PMC6733248 DOI: 10.2147/imcrj.s204829] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/11/2019] [Accepted: 08/09/2019] [Indexed: 01/11/2023] Open
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The case report presents a patient with a possible neuropathic sternal pain associated with a recent heart transplant procedure. The patient could not breathe deeply and move the upper limbs, with a trunk torsion, feeling a sharp pain under and around the left breastbone. A fascial osteopathic approach in the treatment of the pelvic floor, the respiratory diaphragm, the thoracic outlet, the tongue and the tentorium cerebelli allowed the patient to access to a cardiovascular rehabilitation program. In osteopathic medicine, these anatomical parts of the body are called the five diaphragms. To our best knowledge, this is the first case report that uses osteopathic treatment in a patient with sternal pain associated with an undergoing cardiac transplantation. The clinical importance of the case report is added to other osteopathic research with patients undergoing cardiac surgery (coronary artery bypass graft) and with multiple benefits, without side effects. One of the main goals of osteopathic treatment is to provide the patient with well-being, from many clinical points of view, allowing the person to be discharged from the hospital more quickly and/or with less pain.
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- Bruno Bordoni
- Foundation Don Carlo Gnocchi IRCCS, Department of Cardiology, Institute of Hospitalization and Care with Scientific Address, Milan 20100, Italy
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- Foundation Polyclinic University A. Gemelli University Cattolica Del Sacro Cuore, Rome, Italy.,Department of Osteopathy, CRESO School, Gorla Minore, Piazza XXV Aprile 421055, Italy
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- Department of Osteopathy, Accademia Italiana Terapia Osteopatica Posturale (AITOP), Massa-Carrara, Italy
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- Department of Osteopathy, Accademia Italiana Terapia Osteopatica Posturale (AITOP), Massa-Carrara, Italy
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- Poliambulatorio Medico E Odontoiatrico, Busto Arsizio, Varese, Italy
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- Department of Osteopathy, Accademia Italiana Terapia Osteopatica Posturale (AITOP), Massa-Carrara, Italy
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Bauer TM, Choi JH, Luc JG, Weber MP, Moncho Escrivá E, Patel S, Maynes EJ, Boyle AJ, Samuels LE, Entwistle JW, Morris RJ, Massey HT, Tchantchaleishvili V. Device exchange versus nonexchange modalities in left ventricular assist device‐specific infections: A systematic review and meta‐analysis. Artif Organs 2019. [DOI: 10.1111/aor.13378 10.1161/circheartfailure.115.002896] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/18/2023]
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- Tyler M. Bauer
- Division of Cardiac Surgery Thomas Jefferson University Philadelphia Pennsylvania
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- Division of Cardiac Surgery Thomas Jefferson University Philadelphia Pennsylvania
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- Division of Cardiovascular Surgery, Department of Surgery University of British Columbia Vancouver British Columbia Canada
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- Division of Cardiac Surgery Thomas Jefferson University Philadelphia Pennsylvania
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- Division of Cardiac Surgery Thomas Jefferson University Philadelphia Pennsylvania
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- Division of Cardiac Surgery Thomas Jefferson University Philadelphia Pennsylvania
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- Division of Cardiology Thomas Jefferson University Philadelphia Pennsylvania
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- Division of Cardiac Surgery Thomas Jefferson University Philadelphia Pennsylvania
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- Division of Cardiac Surgery Thomas Jefferson University Philadelphia Pennsylvania
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- Division of Cardiac Surgery Thomas Jefferson University Philadelphia Pennsylvania
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- Division of Cardiac Surgery Thomas Jefferson University Philadelphia Pennsylvania
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Hemmersbach-Miller M, Wolfe CR, Schmader KE. Solid organ transplantation in older adults. Infectious and other age-related considerations. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2019; 3. [PMID: 34113803 PMCID: PMC8189398 DOI: 10.21926/obm.transplant.1901046] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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In the U.S., older adults aged 65 or above comprise nearly one quarter of the solid organ transplant (SOT) waitlists, and the number of transplants performed in this age group continues to increase. There are no specific guidelines for the assessment and follow up of the older SOT candidate or recipient. Older adults are at increased risk of infectious complications after SOT. Despite these complications and even with the use of suboptimal donors, overall outcomes are favorable. We provide an overview to specific consideration as they relate to the older SOT candidate and recipient.
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- Marion Hemmersbach-Miller
- Division of Infectious Diseases, Duke University Medical Center, Durham NC, USA.,Duke Clinical Research Institute, Durham NC, USA
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- Division of Infectious Diseases, Duke University Medical Center, Durham NC, USA
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- Division of Geriatrics, Duke University Medical Center, Durham NC, USA.,GRECC, Durham VA, Durham NC. USA
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Bauer TM, Choi JH, Luc JG, Weber MP, Moncho Escrivá E, Patel S, Maynes EJ, Boyle AJ, Samuels LE, Entwistle JW, Morris RJ, Massey HT, Tchantchaleishvili V. Device exchange versus nonexchange modalities in left ventricular assist device‐specific infections: A systematic review and meta‐analysis. Artif Organs 2018; 43:448-457. [DOI: 10.1111/aor.13378] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/12/2018] [Revised: 10/07/2018] [Accepted: 10/18/2018] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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- Tyler M. Bauer
- Division of Cardiac Surgery Thomas Jefferson University Philadelphia Pennsylvania
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- Division of Cardiac Surgery Thomas Jefferson University Philadelphia Pennsylvania
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- Division of Cardiovascular Surgery, Department of Surgery University of British Columbia Vancouver British Columbia Canada
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- Division of Cardiac Surgery Thomas Jefferson University Philadelphia Pennsylvania
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- Division of Cardiac Surgery Thomas Jefferson University Philadelphia Pennsylvania
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- Division of Cardiac Surgery Thomas Jefferson University Philadelphia Pennsylvania
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- Division of Cardiology Thomas Jefferson University Philadelphia Pennsylvania
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- Division of Cardiac Surgery Thomas Jefferson University Philadelphia Pennsylvania
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- Division of Cardiac Surgery Thomas Jefferson University Philadelphia Pennsylvania
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- Division of Cardiac Surgery Thomas Jefferson University Philadelphia Pennsylvania
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- Division of Cardiac Surgery Thomas Jefferson University Philadelphia Pennsylvania
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Laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy in patients with heart failure and left ventricular assist devices as a bridge to transplant. Surg Obes Relat Dis 2018; 14:1269-1273. [DOI: 10.1016/j.soard.2018.04.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/28/2018] [Revised: 04/09/2018] [Accepted: 04/10/2018] [Indexed: 01/06/2023]
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Baptista R. On the trail of the perfect prognosticator in advanced heart failure patients. Rev Port Cardiol 2018; 37:139-141. [PMID: 29503050 DOI: 10.1016/j.repc.2018.01.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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- Rui Baptista
- Serviço de Cardiologia, Cardiologia A, Centro Hospitalar e Universitário de Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal; Faculty of Medicine, University of Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal.
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Baptista R. On the trail of the perfect prognosticator in advanced heart failure patients. REVISTA PORTUGUESA DE CARDIOLOGIA (ENGLISH EDITION) 2018. [DOI: 10.1016/j.repce.2018.03.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/17/2022] Open
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