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Organ preservation
Up-regulation of Bcl-2 through hyperbaric pressure transfection of TGF-β1 ameliorates ischemia-reperfusion injury in rat cardiac allografts Jürg Grünenfelder, Douglas N Miniati, Seiichiro Murata, Volkmar Falk, E.Grant Hoyt, Robert C Robbins pages 244-250 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (149 KB)
ACC/AHA practice guidelines
ACC/AHA guidelines for the evaluation and management of chronic heart failure in the adult: executive summary: A report of the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Task Force on Practice Guidelines (Committee to Revise the 1995 Guidelines for the Evaluation and Management of Heart Failure) Developed in Collaboration with the International Society for Heart and Lung Transplantation Endorsed by the Heart Failure Society of America1 Sharon A Hunt, David W Baker, Marshall H Chin, Michael P Cinquegrani, Arthur M Feldman, Gary S Francis, Theodore G Ganiats, Sidney Goldstein, Gabriel Gregoratos, Mariell L Jessup, R.Joseph Noble, Milton Packer, Marc A Silver, Lynne Warner Stevenson, Raymond J Gibbons, Elliott M Antman, Joseph S Alpert, David P Faxon, Valentin Fuster, Gabriel Gregoratos, Alice K Jacobs, Loren F Hiratzka, Richard O Russell, Sidney C Smith pages 189-203 Full Text | Full-Text PDF (162 KB)
Clinical heart transplantation
Safety and efficacy of atorvastatin in heart transplant recipients Devang N Patel, Francis D Pagani, Todd M Koelling, David B Dyke, Ragavendra R Baliga, Robert J Cody, Kathleen D Lake, Keith D Aaronson pages 204-210 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (92 KB)
Temporal changes in myocardial endothelial nitric oxide synthase expression following human heart transplantation Niels G Vejlstrup, Claus B Andersen, Søren Boesgaard, Svend A Mortensen, Jan Aldershvile pages 211-216 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (290 KB)
Clinical lung and heart/lung transplantation
Association of lung perfusion disparity and mortality in patients with cystic fibrosis awaiting lung transplantation Michael L Stanchina, Kelan G Tantisira, Suzanne L Aquino, John C Wain, Leo C Ginns pages 217-225 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (115 KB)
Assessment of survival benefit after lung transplantation by patient diagnosis Susan C Charman, Linda D Sharples, Keith D McNeil, John Wallwork pages 226-232 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (89 KB)
Failing heart-surgical aspects
A novel small animal model of left ventricular tissue engineering Alexander S Krupnick, Daniel Kreisel, Friederike H Engels, Wilson Y Szeto, Theodore Plappert, Sicco H Popma, Alan W Flake, Bruce R Rosengard pages 233-243 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (489 KB)
Protective effects of inhaled nitric oxide and gabexate mesilate in lung reperfusion injury after transplantation from non-heart-beat donors Shi-Ping Luh, Chen-Cheng Tsai, Wen-Yi Shau, Shoei-Yn Lin Shiau, I-Shiow Jan, Sow-Hsong Kuo, Pan-Chyr Yang pages 251-259 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (322 KB)
An optimal experimental design for the development of preservative heart solutions René Ferrera, Pierre Michel, Guylaine Hadour, Claire Rodriguez, Michel Ovize, Roger Phan Tan Luu pages 260-270 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (439 KB)
Literature review
Risk factors for bronchiolitis obliterans: a systematic review of recent publications Linda D Sharples, Keith McNeil, Susan Stewart, John Wallwork pages 271-281 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (81 KB)
Brief communication
Mycophenolate mofetil decreases antibody production after cardiac transplantation Marlene L Rose, John Smith, Georges Dureau, Anne Keogh, Jon Kobashigowa pages 282-285 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (52 KB)
A simplified model for en bloc double lung xenotransplantation from hamster to rat Marc de Perrot, Shaf Keshavjee, Toshiharu Tabata, Mingyao Liu, Gregory P Downey, Thomas K Waddell pages 286-289 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (163 KB)
Case report
Successful explantation of a ventricular assist device following fulminant influenza type A-associated myocarditis Paul C McGovern, Susan Chambers, Emily A Blumberg, Michael A Acker, Suman Tiwari, Jeffery K Taubenberger, Alysia Carboni, Carol Twomey, Evan Loh pages 290-293 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (49 KB)
Use of a donor heart that had undergone previous cardiac surgery for ASD closure Matthias Loebe, Michael M. Koerner, Janine Zener, Javier A. Lafuente, Guillermo Torre-Amione, George P. Noon pages 294-295 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (35 KB)
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