Familial dilated cardiomyopathy diagnosis is commonly overlooked at the time of transplant listing
Seidelmann SB, Laur O, Hwa J, Depasquale E, Bellumkonda L, Sugeng L, Pomianowski P, Testani J, Chen M, McKenna W, Jacoby D. Familial dilated cardiomyopathy diagnosis is commonly overlooked at the time of transplant listing. The Journal Of Heart And Lung Transplantation 2015, 35: 474-480. PMID: 26852066, PMCID: PMC5423783, DOI: 10.1016/j.healun.2015.12.002.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsEnd-stage heart failureStage heart failureHeart failureUNOS registryEchocardiographic findingsUNOS databaseTeaching hospitalDetailed pedigree analysisVentricular end-diastolic dimensionPanel reactive antibody levelsTertiary care teaching hospitalLarge tertiary teaching hospitalCenter-specific dataAdvanced heart failureEnd-diastolic dimensionOrgan Sharing registryMajority of patientsNon-ischemic DCMTertiary teaching hospitalMitral valve annulusDetailed family historyTransplant listingAdult patientsClinical characteristicsUNOS dataThe Impact of Donor and Recipient Renal Dysfunction on Cardiac Allograft Survival: Insights Into Reno-Cardiac Interactions
Laur O, Brisco MA, Kula AJ, Cheng SJ, Mangi AA, Bellumkonda L, Jacoby DL, Coca S, Tang WH, Parikh CR, Testani JM. The Impact of Donor and Recipient Renal Dysfunction on Cardiac Allograft Survival: Insights Into Reno-Cardiac Interactions. Journal Of Cardiac Failure 2015, 22: 368-375. PMID: 26616578, PMCID: PMC4904299, DOI: 10.1016/j.cardfail.2015.11.009.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsRenal dysfunctionCardiac transplantationAdverse recipient outcomesCardiac allograft survivalOrgan Sharing registryGlomerular filtration ratePotent risk factorImpact of donorAllograft survivalCardiac allograftsRecipient deathRecipient outcomesUnited NetworkAdverse outcomesFiltration rateMyocardial necrosisRisk factorsCardiovascular diseaseHigh riskDonor characteristicsOlder ageRetransplantationDeathTransplantationDysfunction