Helene Campbell hopes every person in need of an organ donation receives the treatment and care she has been given.
Toddler saved by artificial heart
Italian doctors have saved the life of a 16-month-old boy by implanting the world's smallest artificial heart to keep the infant alive until a donor was found for a transplant.
Heart transplant recipient looks for pledges – The Barrie Advance
Heart transplant recipient looks for pledgesThe Barrie AdvanceIt's been over a year since Tottenham resident Jimmy Thorne was given a second chance at life after he underwent a successful heart transplant surgery in March 2011. Prior to the surgery…
Doctors see dramatic decrease in severe asthma cases – KVUE
Doctors see dramatic decrease in severe asthma casesKVUEPeters credited better patient compliance with medication, specifically the inhaled corticosteroids patients use on a regular basis. People like Reynero are encouraged to take personal responsibil…
Clinical Conundrums – Clinical Oncology News
Clinical Oncology NewsClinical ConundrumsClinical Oncology NewsTrue or False: The preliminary results of the open-label Phase II GAUSS trial of rituximab (Rituxan; Biogen Idec, Genentech) versus obinutuzumab (GA101, Roche) for relapsed follicular lymph…
Double-lung transplant recipient Helene Campbell: 'I will never forget how blessed I am'
Bursting with joy and gratitude, double-lung transplant recipient Helene Campbell made her first public appearance Thursday, and used the occasion to dance with her doctors.
Baby Saved by Smallest Artificial Heart
An artificial heart the size of a pinky finger kept a 16-month-old baby alive for nearly two weeks while he waited for a heart transplant, Reuters reported. The Italian baby, whose name has not been released, had dilated cardiomyopathy, a disease that …
Hope rekindled for ACE inhibitors, ARBs in preserved-EF heart failure – TheHeart.Org
Hope rekindled for ACE inhibitors, ARBs in preserved-EF heart failureTheHeart.OrgBelgrade, Serbia – Renin-angiotensin-system (RAS)-blocking agents were seen to significantly improve survival in patients with heart failure with preserved ejection fracti…
Lung transplant recipient Hélène Campbell dances in first public appearance
Bursting with joy and gratitude, double-lung transplant recipient Hélène Campbell made her first public appearance Thursday and she used the occasion to dance with her doctors. “I’m probably going to get talked to after this,” Campbell joked as…
UPMC Presbyterian Shadyside Hospital Will Participate in Aetna’s Institutes of Excellence™ Transplant Network
Aetna announced today that UPMC Presbyterian Shadyside Hospital has been designated as a participating facility in Aetna’s Institutes of Excellence™ Transplant Network.