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Is stress cardiomyopathy the underlying cause of ventricular dysfunction associated with brain death?, 07 June 2010 Marius Berman, Ayyaz Ali, Euan Ashley, Darren Freed, Kieran Clarke, Steven Tsui, Jayan Parameshwar, Stephen Large pages 957-965 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (2150 KB)
Featured Articles
Balancing rejection and infection with respect to age, race, and gender: Clues acquired from 17 years of cardiac transplantation data, 28 June 2010 James F. George, Salpy V. Pamboukian, José A. Tallaj, David C. Naftel, Susan L. Myers, Margaret T. Foushee, Robert N. Brown, Octavio E. Pajaro, David C. McGiffin, James K. Kirklin pages 966-972 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (918 KB)
Anti-human leukocyte antigen antibodies and preemptive antibody-directed therapy after lung transplantation, 17 June 2010 Ramsey R. Hachem, Roger D. Yusen, Bryan F. Meyers, Aviva A. Aloush, Thalachallour Mohanakumar, G. Alexander Patterson, Elbert P. Trulock pages 973-980 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (1062 KB)
Early adverse events as predictors of 1-year mortality during mechanical circulatory support, 28 June 2010 Elizabeth A. Genovese, Mary Amanda Dew, Jeffrey J. Teuteberg, Marc A. Simon, Jay K. Bhama, Christian A. Bermudez, Kathleen L. Lockard, Steve Winowich, Robert L. Kormos pages 981-988 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (461 KB)
Original Clinical Science
New prioritization of heart transplant candidates on mechanical circulatory support in an era of severe donor shortage, 07 June 2010 Takeshi Komoda, Thorsten Drews, Roland Hetzer, Hans B. Lehmkuhl pages 989-996 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (1221 KB)
Systemic and exhaled cytokine and chemokine profiles are associated with the development of bronchiolitis obliterans syndrome, 07 June 2010 Elisabeth A. Kastelijn, Ger T. Rijkers, Coline H.M. Van Moorsel, Pieter Zanen, Johanna M. Kwakkel-van Erp, Ed A. Van De Graaf, Diana A. Van Kessel, Jan C. Grutters, Jules M.M. Van Den Bosch pages 997-1008 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (1221 KB)
Supratherapeutic anticoagulation from low-molecular-weight heparin in lung transplant recipients, 07 June 2010 Jonathan P. Singer, Meng-Yu Huang, Christine Hui, Paul D. Blanc, Rebecca F. Boettger, Jeffery Golden, Katherine Watkins, Charles Hoopes, Lorriana E. Leard pages 1009-1013 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (429 KB)
Cytomegalovirus disease among donor-positive/recipient-negative lung transplant recipients in the era of valganciclovir prophylaxis, 05 July 2010 Dimitra Mitsani, M. Hong Nguyen, Eun J. Kwak, Fernanda P. Silveira, Aniket Vadnerkar, Joseph Pilewski, Maria Crespo, Yoshiya Toyoda, Christian Bermudez, Cornelius J. Clancy pages 1014-1020 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (347 KB)
Predictive value of the Seattle Heart Failure Model in patients undergoing left ventricular assist device placement, 17 June 2010 Eric S. Ketchum, Alec J. Moorman, Daniel P. Fishbein, Nahush A. Mokadam, Edward D. Verrier, Gabriel S. Aldea, Shauna Andrus, Kenneth W. Kenyon, Wayne C. Levy pages 1021-1025 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (629 KB)
The impact of recipient body mass index on survival after lung transplantation, 17 June 2010 Jeremiah G. Allen, George J. Arnaoutakis, Eric S. Weiss, Christian A. Merlo, John V. Conte, Ashish S. Shah pages 1026-1033 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (551 KB)
Pandemic influenza (H1N1): Impact on lung transplant recipients and candidates, 17 June 2010 Benjamin Daniel Fox, Yael Raviv, Dror Rozengarten, Viktoria Rusanov, Ilana Bakal, Mordechai R. Kramer pages 1034-1038 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (267 KB)
Original Pre-Clinical Science
Speckle-tracking 2-dimensional strain echocardiography: A new noninvasive imaging tool to evaluate acute rejection in cardiac transplantation, 21 May 2010 Galen M. Pieper, Akash Shah, Leanne Harmann, Brian C. Cooley, Irina A. Ionova, Raymond Q. Migrino pages 1039-1046 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (2003 KB)
Increased Th17 rather than Th1 alloimmune response is associated with cardiac allograft vasculopathy after hypothermic preservation in the rat, 30 June 2010 Simo O. Syrjälä, Mikko A.I. Keränen, Raimo Tuuminen, Antti I. Nykänen, Markku Tammi, Rainer Krebs, Karl B. Lemström pages 1047-1057 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (2405 KB)
Cardiomyocyte-targeted HIF-1α gene therapy inhibits cardiomyocyte apoptosis and cardiac allograft vasculopathy in the rat, 28 June 2010 Mikko A.I. Keränen, Antti I. Nykänen, Rainer Krebs, Katri Pajusola, Raimo Tuuminen, Kari Alitalo, Karl B. Lemström pages 1058-1066 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (1442 KB)
Clinical Dilemmas
Transfusion-related acute lung injury (TRALI) in graft by blood donor antibodies against host leukocytes, 07 June 2010 Jodi Goodwin, Kathryn Tinckam, Neal denHollander, Ayesha Haroon, Shaf Keshavjee, Christine M. Cserti-Gazdewich pages 1067-1070 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (384 KB)
Epoprostenol-associated pneumonitis: Diagnostic use of a T-cell proliferation assay, 07 June 2010 Kristina T. Kudelko, Kari Nadeau, Ann N. Leung, Juliana Liu, François Haddad, Roham T. Zamanian, Vinicio De Jesus Perez pages 1071-1075 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (647 KB)
Research Correspondence
Retrospective review of Japanese patients undergoing heart transplantation in Japan compared with those undergoing transplantation in the United States, 11 June 2010 Noboru Oda, Tomoko S. Kato, Kazuo Komamura, Jignesh Patel, Jon A. Kobashigawa pages 1076-1078 Full Text | Full-Text PDF (131 KB)
Tension pneumoperitoneum as the sole presentation of an intraoperative bronchial rupture, 31 May 2010 Edward Gologorsky, Angela Gologorsky, Kenneth Stahl, Dao M. Nguyen, Si M. Pham pages 1078-1079 Full Text | Full-Text PDF (235 KB)
Comment and Opinion
Characterization of a cardiac mass using a systematic multimodality imaging approach, 31 May 2010 Omar M. Cheema, Neda Zarrin-Khameh, Michael J. Reardon, Dipan J. Shah, Stephen H. Little pages 1080-1081 Full Text | Full-Text PDF (546 KB)
Clinical management of continuous-flow left ventricular assist devices in advanced heart failure, 31 May 2010 Keith M. Swetz, Monica R. Freeman, Paul S. Mueller, Soon J. Park page 1081 Full Text | Full-Text PDF (359 KB)
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Editorial Board page A1 Full-Text PDF (77 KB)
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