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Effects of the 2006 U.S. thoracic organ allocation change: Analysis of local impact on organ procurement and heart transplantation, 28 September 2009 Jose N. Nativi, Abdallah G. Kfoury, Craig Myrick, Melissa Peters, Dale Renlund, Edward M. Gilbert, Feras Bader, Arun K. Singhal, Melanie Everitt, Patrick Fisher, David A. Bull, Craig Selzman, Josef Stehlik pages 235-239 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (549 KB)
Factors indicative of long-term survival after lung transplantation: A review of 836 10-year survivors, 23 November 2009 Eric S. Weiss, Jeremiah G. Allen, Christian A. Merlo, John V. Conte, Ashish S. Shah pages 240-246 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (496 KB)
Social isolation and depression predict 12-month outcomes in the “waiting for a new heart study”, 05 October 2009 Heike Spaderna, Nancy Role Mendell, Daniela Zahn, Yifan Wang, Judith Kahn, Jacqueline M.A. Smits, Gerdi Weidner pages 247-254 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (303 KB)
Editorial Commentary
The change in heart allocation policy in the United States: Is it working as designed?, 25 December 2009 J. David Vega pages 255-256 Full Text | Full-Text PDF (93 KB)
Role of psychological factors in the clinical course of heart transplant patients, 14 December 2009 Willem J. Kop pages 257-260 Full Text | Full-Text PDF (232 KB)
Perspective
Body mass, chronic heart failure, surgery and survival, 19 October 2009 Andrew L. Clark, Stefan D. Anker pages 261-264 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (221 KB)
Original Clinical Science
Olfactory performance before and after lung transplantation: Quantitative assessment and impact on quality of life, 28 September 2009 Sarosh Irani, Max Thomasius, Cornelia Schmid-Mahler, David Holzmann, Lutz Goetzmann, Rudolf Speich, Annette Boehler pages 265-272 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (669 KB)
Tachyarrhythmias after pediatric heart transplantation, 28 September 2009 Martin J. LaPage, Edward K. Rhee, Charles E. Canter pages 273-277 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (160 KB)
Quality of life and functional status in patients surviving 12 months after left ventricular assist device implantation, 19 October 2009 Jeremiah G. Allen, Eric S. Weiss, Justin M. Schaffer, Nishant D. Patel, Susan L. Ullrich, Stuart D. Russell, Ashish S. Shah, John V. Conte pages 278-285 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (235 KB)
Infections in heart transplant recipients in Brazil: The challenge of Chagas' disease, 28 September 2009 Henrique L. Godoy, Carla M. Guerra, Ruy F. Viegas, Rosiane Z. Dinis, Joao N. Branco, Vicente A. Neto, Dirceu R. Almeida pages 286-290 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (337 KB)
Interactions among donor characteristics influence post-transplant survival: A multi-institutional analysis, 05 October 2009 Josef Stehlik, David S. Feldman, Robert N. Brown, Adrian B. VanBakel, Stewart D. Russel, Gregory A. Ewald, Mary E. Hagan, Jan Folsom, James K. Kirklin, Cardiac Transplant Research Database Group pages 291-298 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (574 KB)
Low incidence of severe respiratory syncytial virus infections in lung transplant recipients despite the absence of specific therapy, 19 October 2009 Ilker Uçkay, Paola M. Gasche-Soccal, Laurent Kaiser, Richard Stern, Jesica Mazza-Stalder, John-David Aubert, Christian van Delden pages 299-305 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (218 KB)
Changing trends in infectious disease in heart transplantation, 26 October 2009 François Haddad, Tobias Deuse, Michael Pham, Prateeti Khazanie, Fernando Rosso, Helen Luikart, Hannah Valantine, Sebastian Leon, Thu A. Vu, Sharon A. Hunt, Philip Oyer, Jose G. Montoya pages 306-315 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (984 KB)
Long-term outcome after bare-metal or drug-eluting stenting for allograft coronary artery disease, 19 October 2009 Farzin Beygui, Shaida Varnous, Gilles Montalescot, Flor Fernandez, Jean-Philippe Collet, Pascal Leprince, Claude Le Feuvre, Alain Pavie, Michel Komajda, Jean-Philippe Metzger, Iradj Gandjbakhch pages 316-322 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (418 KB)
Original Pre-Clinical Science
Cardiac hormones ANF and BNP modulate proliferation in the unidirectional mixed lymphocyte reaction, 28 September 2009 Mercedes L. Kuroski de Bold, Alejandra Etchepare, Amy Martinuk, Adolfo J. de Bold pages 323-326 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (463 KB)
Exogenous surfactant in ischemia/reperfusion: Effects on endogenous surfactant pools, 28 September 2009 Christian Mühlfeld, Laura Becker, Christine Bussinger, Marcel Vollroth, Ragi Nagib, Inga-Marie Schaefer, Lars Knudsen, Joachim Richter, Navid Madershahian, Thorsten Wahlers, Thorsten Wittwer, Matthias Ochs pages 327-334 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (1585 KB)
Intensity of transplant chronic rejection correlates with level of graft-infiltrating regulatory cells, 18 January 2010 Natalya V. Semiletova, Xiu-Da Shen, Boris Baibakov, Arthur Andakyan pages 335-341 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (764 KB)
Cytomegalovirus β2.7 RNA transcript protects endothelial cells against apoptosis during ischemia/reperfusion injury, 25 December 2009 Jing Zhao, John Sinclair, Jenny Houghton, Eleanor Bolton, Andrew Bradley, Andrew Lever pages 342-345 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (259 KB)
Activation of JAK-STAT and nitric oxide signaling as a mechanism for donor heart dysfunction, 18 December 2009 Christian F. Bulcao, Karen M. D'Souza, Ricky Malhotra, Michelle Staron, Jody Y. Duffy, Prakash K. Pandalai, Valluvan Jeevanandam, Shahab A. Akhter pages 346-351 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (425 KB)
Upregulation of the apoptosis-related inflammasome in cardiac allograft rejection, 25 December 2009 Tatsuichiro Seto, Shinobu Kamijo, Yuko Wada, Kazuhiro Yamaura, Kohei Takahashi, Kazunori Komatsu, Yoshinori Otsu, Takamitsu Terasaki, Daisuke Fukui, Jun Amano, Shun'ichiro Taniguchi, Junji Sagara, Ken-ichi Ito pages 352-359 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (2660 KB)
Innovation
Transbronchial human interleukin-10 gene transfer reduces acute inflammation associated with allograft rejection and intragraft interleukin-2 and tumor necrosis factor-α gene expression in a rat model of lung transplantation Hisashi Oishi, Yoshinori Okada, Toshiaki Kikuchi, Yasushi Hoshikawa, Tetsu Sado, Masafumi Noda, Chiaki Endo, Akira Sakurada, Yuji Matsumura, Takashi Kondo pages 360-367 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (2718 KB)
Clinical Dilemmas
Excision of native heart and relocation of a grown heterotopic donor heart to the orthotopic position 14 years after transplantation, 25 December 2009 Asghar Khaghani, Arup Ghosh, Mumin Noor, Nicholas Banner pages 368-370 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (350 KB)
Pericardial constriction after cardiac transplantation, 05 October 2009 Ramesh Bansal, Leandro Perez, Anees Razzouk, Nan Wang, Leonard Bailey pages 371-377 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (1422 KB)
Mediastinal radiation and adverse outcomes after heart transplantation, 05 October 2009 Nir Uriel, Alan Vainrib, Ulrich P. Jorde, Vlad Cotarlan, Maryjane Farr, Faisal H. Cheema, Yoshifuma Naka, Donna Mancini, Paolo C. Colombo pages 378-381 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (137 KB)
Alteration in systemic vascular resistance and cardiac output during acute cellular rejection and recovery in heart transplant recipients, 30 October 2009 Arthur R. Garan, Nir Uriel, Gabriel Sayer, Daniel Sims, Doris Zahner, Maryjane Farr, Donna Mancini, Ulrich P. Jorde pages 382-384 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (176 KB)
Research Correspondence
B-Type natriuretic peptide levels late after transplant predict graft survival in pediatric heart transplant patients, 28 September 2009 Joseph W. Rossano, Susan W. Denfield, Jeffrey J. Kim, Jack F. Price, John L. Jefferies, Jamie A. Decker, William J. Dreyer pages 385-386 Full Text | Full-Text PDF (234 KB)
High-density lipoprotein cholesterol levels and risk of death in chronic heart failure patients referred for heart transplant evaluation, 30 October 2009 Maria Karolina Lizak, Michael Zakliczynski, Anna Jarosz, Marian Zembala pages 386-387 Full Text | Full-Text PDF (286 KB)
Frontmatter
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