UPENN AlmanacAntiquing to Save LivesUPENN AlmanacLung transplantation is a therapeutic option for patients with end stage lung disease who otherwise have no effective alternatives. A major limitation of this therapy is the limited availability of donor…
Kansas City StarTeen Receives Life-Saving Rare Heart-Liver Transplant at Children's Hospital …MarketWatch (press release)James Tweddell, MD, cardiothoracic surgeon, performed the heart transplantation. David Cronin, MD, PhD, FACS, abdominal trans…
Teen Receives Life-Saving Rare Heart-Liver Transplant at Children's Hospital …PR Newswire (press release)James Tweddell, MD, cardiothoracic surgeon, performed the heart transplantation. David Cronin, MD, PhD, FACS, abdominal transplant surgeon, p…
/R E P E A T — Media Invitation – Broken hearted: A 15-year old's story of …DigitalJournal.com (press release)MONTREAL, April 19, 2012 /CNW Telbec/ – The statistics are sobering. In 2011, approximately 396 Quebecers received transplants and 59 d…
Lung transplant recipient thrives nearly 20 years laterPhys.Org (press release)The medical center, which began its lung transplantation program in 1990, has an 86 percent survival rate one year after surgery and a 75 percent survival rate three years a…
Plain DealerCleveland Clinic hopes to use more living donors for liver transplantsPlain Dealer"We would like to do about six [living donor transplants] per year," said Dr. Paul Gaglio, medical director of liver transplantation at Montefiore, …
New York Times (blog)Heart Transplants for Older PatientsNew York Times (blog)But in 2006, the International Society for Heart and Lung Transplantation issued new guidelines saying that heart failure patients should be considered for transplants up to …
Seeks aid for treatmentIBNLive.comKOCHI: The family of Harishma Haridas, who has lost the function of both her kidneys, owing to chronic kidney disease has sought the help of well wishers for a kidney transplantation. As per the statement of her doctor…
Updated results from CircuLite's Synergy miniature ventricular support system …News-Medical.netCircuLite®, Inc. today announced that updated clinical data related to the Synergy® miniature ventricular support system was presented in two oral pr…
Results From Lung Transplant Drug Therapy Trial Reveal Expected But Appealing …GlobeNewsWire (press release)PRAGUE, Czech Republic, April 20, 2012 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Results of a three-year international study of drug therapy for lung transplant pat…