Exercise Training Ups Post-Transplant Functional RecoveryDoctors LoungeParticipation in supervised exercise training for three months following hospital discharge for lung transplantation significantly improves physical functions and cardiovascular mor…
HeartWare Gets 54-Patient Allotment For US Bridge-to-Transplant Clinical TrialRTT NewsHeartWare's ADVANCE clinical trial is an FDA approved IDE study designed to evaluate the HeartWare Ventricular Assist System as a bridge to heart transplantation …
ESRD Risk Increases after Pancreas TransplantationRenal Business TodayFrom an analysis of data from the US Scientific Registry of Transplant Recipients (SRTR) and the United States Renal Data System, investigators discovered that patients undergoing pa…
New Renal Test for Quest DiagnosticsZacks.comThus, this will help increase patient care in kidney transplantation while reducing healthcare costs associated with this treatment. This test is based on the RNA genetic markers forkhead box P3 (FoxP3), gra…
DCD Kidneys Can Yield Good OutcomesRenal Business TodayQUEBEC CITY—A Canadian team has confirmed that kidney transplantation donated after cardiac death (DCD) can result in good outcomes. DCD kidney donation was common until the 1960s but has just re…
GreaterKashmir.comRare Gesture: Husband donates kidney to wifeGreaterKashmir.comBashir Ahmad, according to the doctors who performed the successful kidney transplantation at the premier tertiary care SK Institute of Medical Sciences here, has achieved …
Teen with cystic fibrosis improving after rare lung-liver transplant at Texas …Your Houston NewsDr. Marc Schecter, medical director of lung transplantation and Dr. Beth Carter, interim medical director of liver transplantation monitored the lung and …
Low Renal Function Increases ESRD Risk after Pancreas TransplantationRenal and Urology NewsQUEBEC CITY, QUEBEC— End-stage renal disease (ESRD) eventually develops in more than half of patients with moderate kidney dysfunction at the time of pancreas …
Histological spectrum of pulmonary manifestations in kidney transplant …7thSpace Interactive (press release)After the introduction of novel effective immunosuppressive therapies, kidney transplantation became the treatment of choice for end stage ren…
Saudi- Conference on liver diseases starts in AlkhobarMiddle East North Africa Financial NetworkDr. Hussein Al-Seesy, head of the liver transplantation department at King Fahd Specialist Hospital-Dammam and chairman of the organizing committee, said th…