International Society for Heart and Lung Transplantation
Waitlist mortality unchanged for sickest pediatric heart transplant patients
Overall waitlist mortality for children awaiting heart transplant improved from 25% in 2001 to 14% in 2011. However, the sickest children, including those on extracorporeal membrane oxygenation or a ventilator at listing, have not seen dramatic declines in waitlist mortality.
Prediction models may overestimate survival for PAH patients awaiting lung transplant
Current prediction models appear to overestimate survival for patients with pulmonary arterial hypertension who are awaiting lung transplant, according to data presented at the International Society for Heart and Lung Transplantation Annual Meeting and Scientific Sessions.
Lung transplants donated after cardiac death yielded favorable outcomes
Survival rates of lung transplant recipients who received donations after cardiac death were favorable at 1 month and 1 year after transplant, and were comparable to rates in recipients who received donations after brain death.
Post-approval study confirms improved survival with HeartMate II LVAD
Use of the HeartMate II Left Ventricular Assist Device as destination therapy was associated with improved survival and reduced incidence of adverse events over 2 years in patients with advanced HF, according to results from a post-approval study.