The challenges inherent in conducting accurate, clinically effective, and cost-effective
cardiac evaluations among transplantation candidates relate to the large size of the target …

Significant practice-changing developments have occurred in the care of heart
transplantation candidates and recipients over the past decade. This Canadian …

Currently the only acknowledged, definitive treatment for refractory heart failure is heart
transplantation (HTx). During the past 10 years, selection criteria for heart transplant …

Heart failure is a progressive disease that now affects 5 million patients in the United States.
Recent estimates suggest that between 5% and 10% of all patients with heart failure (HF) …

Coronary heart disease is an important source of mortality and morbidity among kidney
transplantation and liver transplantation candidates and recipients and is driven by …

Since the first heart transplant was performed in 1967, heart transplantation has grown
worldwide. This 33rd adult heart transplant report is based on data submitted to the …

In previous studies to predict future cardiac death of patients undergoing evaluation for renal
transplantation, noninvasive or invasive testing of all, or nearly all, patients has been used …

Based on the changes in the field of heart transplantation and the treatment and prognosis
of patients with heart failure, these updated guidelines were composed by a committee …

Improved outcome of heart failure in response to medical therapy, coupled with a critical
shortage of donor organs, makes it imperative to restrict heart transplantation to patients who …

CHAIR: Costanzo MR: Midwest Heart Foundation, Lombard Illinois, USA TASK FORCE 1:
Dipchand A: Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto Ontario, Canada; Starling R: Cleveland …