No Brain Death? No Problem. New Organ Transplant Protocol Stirs Debate. Is it ethical to pull the plug in patients who aren't brain dead, then restart their hearts? Sep 28, 2022
Latest Pig-to-Human Heart Transplant: Back to the Drawing Board? Researchers hope to learn more from xenotransplants in brain-dead recipients Jul 12, 2022
Landmark Pig Heart Recipient Had Xenograft Failure, Porcine Virus Concrete answers still lacking for why irreversible injury occurred Jun 22, 2022
Donation After Circulatory Death Offers Opportunity to Boost Organ Pool A more controversial approach to heart harvesting, meanwhile, is raising ethical qualms Apr 22, 2022
Stroke While on LVAD No Barrier to Successful Heart Transplant It doesn't help, for sure, but it doesn't seem to hurt greatly either Apr 05, 2022
Young Stroke Victims' Hearts Might Not Be as Good for Transplantation UNOS data suggest interaction by age and mode of brain death Mar 14, 2022
Donor Hearts Can Withstand Longer Ischemic Times Over 4 hours not inherently more dangerous, one group finds Jan 31, 2022
CDC to Recommend N95s? New COVID Records; First Pig-to-Human Heart Transplant A daily roundup of news on COVID-19 and the rest of medicine Jan 11, 2022
CIED Faults Found Postmortem; Peppers and Longevity; Paramedics Snub Cardiac Arrest Recent developments of interest in cardiovascular medicine Dec 28, 2021
COVID Concerns Reemerge After Months of Rebounding Heart Care What does Omicron have in store for heart patients? Dec 27, 2021
Heart Transplant After Severe COVID; Patients Stuck With HVAD; ICH Triggers Recent developments of interest in cardiovascular medicine Dec 21, 2021
New Life for Donor Hearts Normally Deemed Off-Limits for Transplant Early data on those looking outside the traditional brain-dead donor pool Dec 15, 2021
Cardiologist's Omicron Recovery; Public AEDs MIA; Language Barrier to CVD Reporting? Recent developments of interest in cardiovascular medicine Dec 14, 2021
AHA Abstract Under Fire; Cardiology Bullies; An Acupuncture Needle Where?! Recent developments of interest in cardiovascular medicine Dec 07, 2021
CPET in COVID Long-Haulers; Omicron Suspected at Conference; Aspirin a No-No in HF? Recent developments of interest in cardiovascular medicine Nov 30, 2021
The Right Ventricle Still Matters in LVAD Patients Right heart failure signaled trouble ahead in the Intermacs registry Nov 29, 2021
ESC Recs During COVID; Risky BP Pattern Post-Thrombectomy; Simultaneous IVUS & OCT? Recent developments of interest in cardiovascular medicine Nov 23, 2021
Progress on mRNA Tx for HF; Neighborhood OHCA Watch; 'Dragon's Blood' Antiplatelet? Recent developments of interest in cardiovascular medicine Nov 15, 2021
Temporary MCS a Safe, Effective Strategy for the Transplant Waitlist Yet more work needs to be done in prioritizing the most urgent patients, study suggests Nov 10, 2021
Mental Stress-Induced CV Events; Telling Retina Scans; Bedtime and Heart Health Recent developments of interest in cardiovascular medicine Nov 09, 2021
Two Doses of mRNA COVID Vax Not Enough for the Immunosuppressed Largest study yet supports extra doses for these patients Nov 02, 2021
Entresto Kickback Probe; Aspirin-Metamizole Deaths; Another Soccer Player Collapses Recent developments of interest in cardiovascular medicine Nov 02, 2021
Ethics Consult: Give New Heart to Woman on Death Row? MD/JD Weighs In You voted, now see the results and an expert's discussion Oct 29, 2021
Cataracts and Vascular Health; Risky Stimulant Use; CEC Adjudication Flaws Recent developments of interest in cardiovascular medicine Oct 26, 2021
FDA Looks Closer at Myocarditis; Cognition and DOACs; Silver Lining of Lockdowns? Recent developments of interest in cardiovascular medicine Oct 19, 2021
Earlier-Life CAC Scans; Omega-3s and Afib; RV vs LV Abnormalities in COVID Recent developments of interest in cardiovascular medicine Oct 12, 2021
FDA Panel: Thumbs Up for Oral Antiviral for Post-Transplant CMV Maribavir recommended for resistant or refractory patients Oct 08, 2021
Vaping Still at Large; GDMT Down Amid COVID; Novel Avenue for Cholesterol Lowering Recent developments of interest in cardiovascular medicine Oct 05, 2021
FDA Probes LAAO; Dairy Fat's Heart Benefit; Repatha OK'd for Pediatric HeFH Recent developments of interest in cardiovascular medicine Sep 28, 2021
Portico Hits the Market; TAVR Explantation Risks; Beware Unreliable Registries? Recent developments of interest in cardiovascular medicine Sep 20, 2021
With HVAD Out, Innovation Key to Mechanical Circulatory Support A debate on where LVAD innovation stands Sep 14, 2021
Death From Lack of Cardiac ICU Beds; New CMS Labor Rates; Affordable Housing and BP Recent developments of interest in cardiovascular medicine Sep 13, 2021
Some Reassurance on Cognition in People With Older LVADs Will newer devices look even better for neurological outcomes? Sep 08, 2021
Heart Transplant: A Slightly More Level Playing Field Under New UNOS System Racial inequality persists, despite policy change in 2018 Aug 25, 2021
CDC Panel Backs Third COVID Shot for the Immunocompromised The ACIP recommends additional dose in moderately to severely immunocompromised people only Aug 13, 2021
FDA Authorizes COVID Booster Shots for Certain Populations Solid-organ transplant recipients should get a third mRNA dose, but not everybody, agency says Aug 13, 2021
Shingrix OK'd for Immunocompromised Adults CDC's vaccine committee currently discussing vaccine for this population, manufacturer says Jul 26, 2021
Academic Cardiologists Singled Out for Gender Equality Problem Women still poorly represented, paid in procedural internal medicine specialties Jul 12, 2021
FDA Piles on New Warnings for Blood Volume Expanders Hydroxyethyl starch products shouldn't be used for low blood volume unless no other options exist Jul 09, 2021