The decreasing predictive power of MELD in an era of changing etiology of liver disease
Godfrey EL, Malik TH, Lai JC, Mindikoglu AL, Galván NTN, Cotton RT, O'Mahony CA, Goss JA, Rana A. The decreasing predictive power of MELD in an era of changing etiology of liver disease. American Journal Of Transplantation 2019, 19: 3299-3307. PMID: 31394020, DOI: 10.1111/ajt.15559.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMELD scoreLiver diseaseNon-alcoholic fatty liver diseaseHCV-positive patientsHCV-positive statusLab-MELD scoreAlcoholic liver diseaseFatty liver diseaseBest supportive therapyDe-identified dataLiver transplantLiver transplantationMELD eraFailure etiologyWaitlist deathsSupportive therapyUnited NetworkEtiology of diseaseOrgan SharingConcordance statisticDiseaseMortalityEtiologyMELDPatientsThe Man with 2 Hearts: 25 Years from Heterotopic to Orthotopic Heart Transplantation
Godfrey E, Kueht M, Rana A, Frazier O. The Man with 2 Hearts: 25 Years from Heterotopic to Orthotopic Heart Transplantation. Texas Heart Institute Journal 2019, 46: 199-202. PMID: 31708703, PMCID: PMC6827470, DOI: 10.14503/thij-17-6544.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHeterotopic heart transplantationHeart transplantationOrthotopic transplantationHeart failureHuman leukocyte antigen mismatchesIntra-aortic balloon pumpIdiopathic nonischemic cardiomyopathyOrthotopic heart transplantationEnd-stage heart failureManagement of end-stage heart failureMechanical circulatory supportCoronary artery stentingAntigen mismatchesNonischemic cardiomyopathyGraft survivalMedical therapyBalloon pumpHeterotopic allograftsCardiac supportArtery stentingMechanical circulatory assist devicesPoor histocompatibilityTransplantationHeart functionNative heart function
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