Odisha Govt inks MoU with MGM Healthcare to start heart transplantation Medical Dialogues Team27 Oct 2024 11:30 AM ISTBhubaneswar: In a significant development, the Directorate of Medical Education and Training (DMET) has signed an MoU with Chennai-based MGM...
Hyperlactatemia after heart transplantat tied to greater risk of mortality and veno-arterial ECMO initiation: Study Aditi27 Feb 2024 9:45 PM ISTHyperlactatemia (HL) is a prevalent complication following cardiac surgery. It is related to tissue hypoperfusion and hypoxia. The condition is tied...
IV levothyroxine infusion of no significant benefit in improving donor heart utilization from brain-dead donors: NEJM Medha Baranwal1 Dec 2023 6:00 AM ISTUSA: Intravenous (IV) levothyroxine infusion versus saline infusion failed to increase the rate of hearts transplanted from hemodynamically unstable...
Combo of CT coronary angiography and CT myocardial perfusion may detect cardiac allograft vasculopathy earlier Dr. Kamal Kant Kohli6 Sept 2023 8:00 PM ISTKorea: A combination of computed tomography-myocardial perfusion imaging (CT-MPI) and coronary computed tomography angiography (CCTA) demonstrated...
Technique based on laser speckles can identify hearts suitable and safe for transplantation Dr. Kamal Kant Kohli31 July 2023 8:00 PM ISTFrance: The newly developed imaging technique enables precise visualization of blood circulation. In the future, this technique can potentially...
31-year-old brain dead woman's heart airlifted, transplanted into air warrior in Pune Kajal Rajput28 July 2023 9:45 AM ISTaixNagpur: A harvested human heart was airlifted from Nagpur to Pune in an IAF plane on Wednesday morning and later transplanted into a recipient...
Hearts donated after circulatory death lead to similar survival as donation after brain death: NEJM Medha Baranwal10 Jun 2023 9:30 AM ISTUSA: A recent study published in The New England Journal of Medicine has provided insights into the transplantation outcomes with donor's hearts after...
First heart transplant at Safdarjung Hospital, Delhi Roshni Dhar18 May 2023 2:51 PM ISTSafdurjung Hospital has performed its first heart transplant surgery on a Bihar man. The 44-year-old patient was evaluated in the Department of Cardio...
Heart transplantation's newest breakthrough: donation after circulatory death Dr Monish Raut4 Dec 2022 8:00 PM ISTHeart transplantation is limited by organ availability. Transplant programs involve marginal donors with risk characteristics include older age, size...
Heart transplantation: Donation after circulatory death feasible, study suggests Medha Baranwal15 Jan 2022 9:30 AM ISTUSA: In a major finding, researchers have reported that heart donation for transplantation after circulatory death has similar outcomes to heart...
Frailty increases post-heart transplantation death, hospitalization risk: Study Medha Baranwal10 Dec 2020 10:30 AM ISTAustralia: Frailty increases death and prolonged hospitalization risk in patients undergoing heart transplantation (HTx), suggests a recent study in...
Apollo Chennai completes 50,000-plus heart surgeries Medical Dialogues Bureau6 Dec 2018 8:20 PM ISTChennai: Apollo Hospitals Enterprise Limited (AHEL) on Tuesday announced the successful completion of more than 50,000 cardiac surgeries at its...
