Current Issue January 2012, Vol. 31, No. 1

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Pre-operative and post-operative risk factors associated with neurologic complications in patients with advanced heart failure supported by a left ventricular assist device
January 2012 (Vol. 31 | No. 1 | Pages 1-8)
Tomoko S. Kato, P. Christian Schulze, Jonathan Yang, Ernest Chan, Khurram Shahzad, Hiroo Takayama, Nir Uriel, Ulrich Jorde, Maryjane Farr, Yoshifumi Naka, Donna Mancini
Venovenous extracorporeal membrane oxygenation for acute lung failure in adults
January 2012 (Vol. 31 | No. 1 | Pages 9-15)
Christof Schmid, Alois Philipp, Michael Hilker, Leopold Rupprecht, Matthias Arlt, Andreas Keyser, Matthias Lubnow, Thomas Müller
Medical and psychosocial predictors of mechanical circulatory support device implantation and competing outcomes in the Waiting for a New Heart Study
January 2012 (Vol. 31 | No. 1 | Pages 16-26)
Heike Spaderna, Gerdi Weidner, Karl-Christian Koch, Ingo Kaczmarek, Florian M. Wagner, Jacqueline M.A. Smits, Waiting for a New Heart Study Group
Neurocognitive function in destination therapy patients receiving continuous-flow vs pulsatile-flow left ventricular assist device support
January 2012 (Vol. 31 | No. 1 | Pages 27-36)
Ralph J. Petrucci, Joseph G. Rogers, Laura Blue, Colleen Gallagher, Stuart D. Russell, Dzifa Dordunoo, Brian E. Jaski, Suzanne Chillcott, Benjamin Sun, Tammy L. Yanssens, Antone Tatooles, Lalig Koundakjian, David J. Farrar, Mark S. Slaughter
Markers of extracellular matrix turnover and the development of right ventricular failure after ventricular assist device implantation in patients with advanced heart failure
January 2012 (Vol. 31 | No. 1 | Pages 37-45)
Tomoko S. Kato, Aalap Chokshi, Parvati Singh, Tuba Khawaja, Shinichi Iwata, Shunichi Homma, Hirokazu Akashi, Faisal Cheema, Jonathan Yang, Hiroo Takayama, Yoshifumi Naka, Maryjane Farr, Donna Mancini, P. Christian Schulze

Pre-operative and post-operative risk factors associated with neurologic complications in patients with advanced heart failure supported by a left ventricular assist device
January 2012 (Vol. 31 | No. 1 | Pages 1-8)
Tomoko S. Kato, P. Christian Schulze, Jonathan Yang, Ernest Chan, Khurram Shahzad, Hiroo Takayama, Nir Uriel, Ulrich Jorde, Maryjane Farr, Yoshifumi Naka, Donna Mancini
Venovenous extracorporeal membrane oxygenation for acute lung failure in adults
January 2012 (Vol. 31 | No. 1 | Pages 9-15)
Christof Schmid, Alois Philipp, Michael Hilker, Leopold Rupprecht, Matthias Arlt, Andreas Keyser, Matthias Lubnow, Thomas Müller
Medical and psychosocial predictors of mechanical circulatory support device implantation and competing outcomes in the Waiting for a New Heart Study
January 2012 (Vol. 31 | No. 1 | Pages 16-26)
Heike Spaderna, Gerdi Weidner, Karl-Christian Koch, Ingo Kaczmarek, Florian M. Wagner, Jacqueline M.A. Smits, Waiting for a New Heart Study Group
Neurocognitive function in destination therapy patients receiving continuous-flow vs pulsatile-flow left ventricular assist device support
January 2012 (Vol. 31 | No. 1 | Pages 27-36)
Ralph J. Petrucci, Joseph G. Rogers, Laura Blue, Colleen Gallagher, Stuart D. Russell, Dzifa Dordunoo, Brian E. Jaski, Suzanne Chillcott, Benjamin Sun, Tammy L. Yanssens, Antone Tatooles, Lalig Koundakjian, David J. Farrar, Mark S. Slaughter
Markers of extracellular matrix turnover and the development of right ventricular failure after ventricular assist device implantation in patients with advanced heart failure
January 2012 (Vol. 31 | No. 1 | Pages 37-45)
Tomoko S. Kato, Aalap Chokshi, Parvati Singh, Tuba Khawaja, Shinichi Iwata, Shunichi Homma, Hirokazu Akashi, Faisal Cheema, Jonathan Yang, Hiroo Takayama, Yoshifumi Naka, Maryjane Farr, Donna Mancini, P. Christian Schulze

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Radical reduction of smooth muscle cells in explanted lung of a LAM patient treated with sirolimus: First case report
24 January 2012
M. Angeles Montero, Antonio Roman, Cristina Berastegui
Lymphangioleiomyomatosis (LAM) is a rare and progressive disease that usually affects pre-menopausal women. Lung transplantation has been the only treatment for advanced LAM since the activation of ma...
Older patients (age 65+) report better quality of life, psychological adjustment, and adherence than younger patients 5 years after heart transplant: A multisite study
24 January 2012
Andrea M. Shamaskin, Bruce D. Rybarczyk, Edward Wang, Connie White-Williams, Edwin McGee, William Cotts, Kathleen L. Grady
Background: Research examining age differences after heart transplant (HT) has focused primarily on morbidity and mortality outcomes, with little emphasis on potential age differences in quality of li...
Increase of ABCG2/BCRP+ side population stem cells in myocardium after ventricular unloading
16 January 2012
Jeremias Wohlschlaeger, Bodo Levkau, Atsushi Takeda, Nobuakira Takeda, Jörg Stypmann, Christof Schmid, Hendrik Milting, Kurt Werner Schmid, Hideo Andreas Baba
Background: A significant decrease in mean cardiomyocyte DNA content and increased numbers of diploid cardiomyocytes after unloading has been demonstrated, suggesting a numerical increase of cardiomyo...
Survival after biventricular mechanical circulatory support: Does the type of device matter?
16 January 2012
Matthias Kirsch, Jean-Philippe Mazzucotelli, Jean-Christian Roussel, Olivier Bouchot, Joseph N'Loga, Pascal Leprince, Pierre-Yves Litzler, André Vincentelli, Groupe de Réflexion sur l'Assistance Mécanique (GRAM)
Background: Biventricular support can be achieved using paracorporeal biventricular assist devices (BiVADs), the total artificial heart (TAH), and implantable VADs. This study evaluated the influence ...
Perceived quality of life of children after successful bridging to heart transplantation
12 January 2012
Jo Wray, Tracy Lunnon-Wood, Liz Smith, Claire Orrells, Akane Iguchi, Mike Burch, Kate Brown
Background: Mechanical circulatory support is increasingly used to bridge children with end-stage heart failure to transplant. Quality of life (QoL) has not been systematically evaluated in children b...

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International Guidelines for the Selection of Lung Transplant Candidates: 2006 Update—A Consensus Report From the Pulmonary Scientific Council of the International Society for Heart and Lung Transplantation
July 2006 (Vol. 25 | No. 7 | Pages 745-755)
Jonathan B. Orens, Marc Estenne, Selim Arcasoy, John V. Conte, Paul Corris, Jim J. Egan, Thomas Egan, Shaf Keshavjee, Christiane Knoop, Robert Kotloff, Fernando J. Martinez, Steven Nathan, Scott Palmer, Alec Patterson, Lianne Singer, Gregory Snell, Sean Studer, J.L. Vachiery, Allan R. Glanville
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Listing Criteria for Heart Transplantation: International Society for Heart and Lung Transplantation Guidelines for the Care of Cardiac Transplant Candidates—2006
September 2006 (Vol. 25 | No. 9 | Pages 1024-1042)
Mandeep R. Mehra, Jon Kobashigawa, Randall Starling, Stuart Russell, Patricia A. Uber, Jayan Parameshwar, Paul Mohacsi, Sharon Augustine, Keith Aaronson, Mark Barr
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The International Society of Heart and Lung Transplantation Guidelines for the care of heart transplant recipients
August 2010 (Vol. 29 | No. 8 | Pages 914-956)
Maria Rosa Costanzo, Maria Rosa Costanzo, Anne Dipchand, Randall Starling, Allen Anderson, Michael Chan, Shashank Desai, Savitri Fedson, Patrick Fisher, Gonzalo Gonzales-Stawinski, Luigi Martinelli, David McGiffin, Francesco Parisi, Jon Smith, David Taylor, Bruno Meiser, Steven Webber, David Baran, Michael Carboni, Thomas Dengler, David Feldman, Maria Frigerio, Abdallah Kfoury, Daniel Kim, Jon Kobashigawa, Michael Shullo, Josef Stehlik, Jeffrey Teuteberg, Patricia Uber, Andreas Zuckermann, Sharon Hunt, Michael Burch, Geetha Bhat, Charles Canter, Richard Chinnock, Marisa Crespo-Leiro, Reynolds Delgado, Fabienne Dobbels, Kathleen Grady, Kao W, Jaqueline Lamour, Gareth Parry, Jignesh Patel, Daniela Pini, Sean Pinney, Jeffrey Towbin, Gene Wolfel, Diego Delgado, Howard Eisen, Lee Goldberg, Jeff Hosenpud, Maryl Johnson, Anne Keogh, Clive Lewis, John O'Connell, Joseph Rogers, Heather Ross, Stuart Russell, Johan Vanhaecke
The Registry of the International Society for Heart and Lung Transplantation: Twenty-seventh official adult heart transplant report—2010
October 2010 (Vol. 29 | No. 10 | Pages 1089-1103)
Josef Stehlik, Leah B. Edwards, Anna Y. Kucheryavaya, Paul Aurora, Jason D. Christie, Richard Kirk, Fabienne Dobbels, Axel O. Rahmel, Marshall I. Hertz
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The Registry of the International Society for Heart and Lung Transplantation: Twenty-seventh official adult lung and heart-lung transplant report—2010
October 2010 (Vol. 29 | No. 10 | Pages 1104-1118)
Jason D. Christie, Leah B. Edwards, Anna Y. Kucheryavaya, Paul Aurora, Fabienne Dobbels, Richard Kirk, Axel O. Rahmel, Josef Stehlik, Marshall I. Hertz
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