Heart failure remains a major global problem with approximately 6 million individuals
suffering from heart failure in the United States alone. The surgical technique of heart …

Abstract Purpose of Review The purpose of this review is to provide a comprehensive
update on recent advances in heart transplantation. Recent Findings Heart transplantation is …

Heart transplant remains the criterion standard treatment for patients in end-stage heart
failure. Improvement in the post-heart transplant outcomes in the last decade has …

Cardiac transplantation is currently a highly successful treatment for selected patients with
end-stage cardiac failure. The long-term results are limited by the development of coronary …

Cardiac failure remains a significant source of morbidity and mortality worldwide. Multiple
treatment options exist and have variable safety and reliability. Stem cell grafting and left …

Purpose Heart transplantation (HT) remains the treatment of choice for advanced heart
failure despite improvements in medical therapy and mechanical circulatory support …

Alexis Carrell, having perfected techniques of vascular anastomosis, published a report on
the successful heterotopic heart transplantation in the dog in 1905 (1). It awaited a better …

It was the dream of many cardiac surgeons in the mid-20th century to transplant a healthy
heart into a patient dying of end-stage heart disease, but it was in the research laboratories …

More than 30 years of experience in cardiac transplantation have resulted in cardiac
transplantation being the primary therapeutic choice for patients under 65 years of age who …

It has been 50 years since Dr. Christiaan Barnard performed the first human-to-human heart
transplant in December 1967 in South Africa. Remarkable progress has been made since …