MedWorm provides a medical RSS filtering service. Over 6000 RSS medical sources are combined and output via different filters. This feed contains the latest medical blog items that have been tagged with 'heart transplants'. Sat, 03 Sep 2011 02:38:28 +0100 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3753780&cid=t_144695_87_f&fid=36050&url=http%3A%2F%2Fblisstree.com%2Flive%2Fartificial-heart-coming-to-your-chest-soon-in-france%2F If sheep clones, designer babies, and face transplants aren’t enough to make you feel like you live in a science fiction novel, a French company is saying that it has the technology to begin standard artificial heart transplants. The New York Times reports that Carmat, a medical start-up backed by the European Aeronautic Defense and Space company, is conducting preclinical tests of artificial hearts for patients with heart failure, and hopes to begin human testing in France next year. The artificial hearts are made of synthetic materials and animal tissue, with two small motors powered by pelectromagnetic induction through the skin or through a plug implanted behind the patient’s ear. (Whoah.) Other companies have produced artificial hearts, but they’re only used as temporary... Breastfeeding 1-2-3 blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3753780 Wed, 14 Jul 2010 19:57:20 +0100 3753780 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3159667&cid=t_144695_86_f&fid=36669&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffadelibrary.wordpress.com%2F2010%2F01%2F11%2Farchives-of-dermatology-2009-vol-145-no-12%2F Contents page Fade Fave: Incidence of and Risk Factors for Skin Cancer After Heart Transplant Fade Skinny: Solid organ transplant recipients are at increased risk for skin cancers. The degree of sun exposure correlates with skin cancer development. Patients living in regions of limited sun exposure, such as the Netherlands, have 10- and 20-year post transplant risks of skin cancer of 10% and 40%, respectively, and those living in areas of high sun exposure, such as Australia, have 11- and 20-year post transplant risks of skin cancer of 45% and 70%, respectively. Skin cancers have been shown to be a major factor in morbidity and death over the long term for heart transplant (NHS Athens is required to access this article online) Posted in Athens Password, Currently Watching, E-Journals, Jo... Fade Library blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3159667 Mon, 11 Jan 2010 13:25:11 +0100 3159667 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2416831&cid=t_144695_87_f&fid=34872&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.blisstree.com%2Fhealthbolt%2Fusing-twitter-to-help-get-a-heart%2F What do you do when someone you love is in need of a heart and healthcare red tape is getting in the way? Well, if you are former CNN reporter Veronica De La Cruz,  you use Twitter and other social media networks to get the word out. Veronica’s brother Eric is suffering from severe cardiomyopathy (a disease that enlarges the heart and makes it incapable of pumping blood effectively) and  desperately needs a heart transplant. But because he registered for Medicaid in a state (Nevada) that has no transplant center, authorities will not put him on a list for a heart transplant in another state. It’s bureaucratic red tape at it’s worst and highlights America’s flawed healthcare system. The irony of it all is if Eric was living in another state -one that had a transplant center - he w... Healthbolt blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2416831 Tue, 19 May 2009 07:42:15 +0100 2416831 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2313779&cid=t_144695_111_f&fid=36048&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.b5media.com%2F%7Er%2Fb5media%2FAHeartyLife%2F%7E3%2FL93Ol-eOOf8%2F Professional golf takes stamina and training to get to the top of the sport. While it might not be as rough and tumble as other sports, to be able to walk a good pace for several days running, to hit those balls far and with great accuracy, and to keep the mental fitness to stay on track - these are all part of being an athlete. So, what does a pro golfer do if he finds that he’s not quite so strong anymore, he can’t walk as far and he can’t hit the ball as hard - and he’s only 28 years old? This is what happened to Erik Compton, former University of Georgia and Nationwide Tour golfer. He’s not only a heart transplant recipient - he has had two heart transplants. Erik had his first heart transplant when he was 12 years old. He went on to become a pro golfer an... A Hearty Life blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2313779 Mon, 06 Apr 2009 18:44:06 +0100 2313779 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2104682&cid=t_144695_111_f&fid=36048&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.b5media.com%2F%7Er%2Fb5media%2FAHeartyLife%2F%7E3%2FBqrr7KVHbvs%2F Matthew a healthy three year old toddler, from Takapuna, New Zealand has already had two open heart surgeries. If he had been born two years earlier the doctors could not have saved him. An eight hour procedure called Norwood/Rastelli was performed on Matthew when he was five days old. In the procedure his right ventricle and aorta were patched by using human and animal tissue (cow and pig). Matthew’s mother said "I was so scared. I’ll never forget hearing my husband on the other end of the phone telling me the news. "Basically his heart was a mess. It was like a jigsaw puzzle that hadn’t been put together properly and with some of the vital pieces missing." You will find more of Matthew’s story, by clicking on his name Matthew. Picture by BEN WATSON/North Sh... A Hearty Life blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2104682 Wed, 14 Jan 2009 18:30:11 +0100 2104682 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2065452&cid=t_144695_111_f&fid=36048&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.b5media.com%2F%7Er%2Fb5media%2FAHeartyLife%2F%7E3%2FUajFO5533U8%2F   The research on lung transplants being developed in Toronto CA. is one of the most exciting developments in transplant research in years. Dr. Shaf Keshavjee, and his colleagues at the Toronto General Hospital created a bubble to place damaged lungs in. The lungs can keep breathing for 12 to 18 hours at normal body temperature. The older method of working on the lungs, while they were still in the body  had to be completed within 6 hours, or the lungs would die. The new method also gives hope for patients waiting for transplants such as livers, kidneys or heart. Currently, only 10 to 15 per cent of donated lungs are suitable for transplants. Keshavjee estimated the new technique could allow up to 60 per cent of lungs to be repaired and used. The world’s first successful... A Hearty Life blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2065452 Wed, 24 Dec 2008 17:34:52 +0100 2065452 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1717393&cid=t_144695_111_f&fid=36048&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.b5media.com%2F%7Er%2Fb5media%2FAHeartyLife%2F%7E3%2F7SYJQL62kdg%2F Here is a feel good story… A young Michigan teen, 17 year old Danielle, was given the gift of life today. At a little past 2 AM, the young lady– who had been diagnosed with CHF earlier this Spring received her second heart transplant. Her first was when she was 5 weeks old. Good luck to this Port Huron teen and her family! Thoughts and prayers are with you. Tags: feel good story, heart-disease, heart-transplant, young teen gets transplantShare This (Source: A Hearty Life) A Hearty Life blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1717393 Tue, 19 Aug 2008 18:14:01 +0100 1717393 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1711812&cid=t_144695_111_f&fid=36048&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.b5media.com%2F%7Er%2Fb5media%2FAHeartyLife%2F%7E3%2FExvduVHLqv8%2F This is a really interesting study. It has been thought that the heart should be stopped for 5 minutes following a cardiac death in an infant heart before harvesting for organ donation- that has been since 1997. It is now being said that only one minute is needed, as the heart is irreversibly dead after 6o seconds. Shortening the interval reduces the time that transplantable organs are deprived of oxygen, which likely increases the success of transplants. It may also help to increase the number of available organs for donations. This is important because as many as one in four babies awaiting a heart transplant dies while on the waiting list, according to the New England Journal of Medicine study. to read more  Tags: babies, harvesting organs, heart-disease, heart-transplant, infants, pe... A Hearty Life blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1711812 Mon, 18 Aug 2008 00:18:42 +0100 1711812 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1500096&cid=t_144695_111_f&fid=36048&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.b5media.com%2F%7Er%2Fb5media%2FAHeartyLife%2F%7E3%2F306988044%2F Heart transplants save the lives of more than 2,100 Americans every year. But many more patients are still waiting for a new heart to become available, and hundreds will die without ever getting a second chance at life. With that being said researchers are asking the question, “will heart transplants become a thing of the past?” Will technology become the answer? Yes and perhaps were the answers! The HeartMate II is an example of this technology. It is the size of a D-cell battery, with a tube that pokes through the skin and connects to a battery pack. It aids in pumping blood through the body as patients hearts fail. The HeartMate device has since been approved for use by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in April of 2008. Would you prefer technology to a heart trans... A Hearty Life blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1500096 Sat, 07 Jun 2008 21:33:05 +0100 1500096 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1386913&cid=t_144695_111_f&fid=36048&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.b5media.com%2F%7Er%2Fb5media%2FAHeartyLife%2F%7E3%2F274304291%2F How cool is this? A minimally-invasive transcatheter valve replacement procedure has been developed and tested for patients with congenital heart disease. And guess what? It doesn’t involve open heart surgery. Many times patients that are born with such congenital heart diseases as right ventricular outflow tract and they face many procedures and surgeries, which usually consist of opening the chest to replace the damaged valves. “We were able to successfully implant the Edwards SAPIEN transcatheter heart valve percutaneously in the first three patients treated in this trial. All of the patients are recovering and are expected to go home today,” said Dr. Ziyad M. Hijazi, director of the Rush Center for Congenital and Structural Heart Disease, chief of the section of pediatric car... A Hearty Life blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1386913 Sun, 20 Apr 2008 20:15:07 +0100 1386913 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1093161&cid=t_144695_111_f&fid=36048&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.b5media.com%2F%7Er%2Fb5media%2FAHeartyLife%2F%7E3%2F199788042%2F Oh boy, I get so darn excited when I read anything about the progress of stem cell research. Yes, you know which side of the debate I sit on. Scientists are getting closer and closer to the use of stem cells to help rejuvenate damaged cardiac tissue! The two major hurdles that needed to be tackled are becoming a reality… …via Science Daily- solve two problems in the development of a stem cell heart patch. The first is undesirable side effects, such as arrhythmia, that can result from immature and undeveloped cardiomyocytes being introduced to the heart. The second is the need for a scaffold that is biocompatible with the heart and able to hold the new cardiomyocytes in place while they integrate into the existing heart tissue. Matching the material to human heart muscle is also... A Hearty Life blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1093161 Thu, 13 Dec 2007 15:41:33 +0100 1093161 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1068756&cid=t_144695_111_f&fid=36048&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.b5media.com%2F%7Er%2Fb5media%2FAHeartyLife%2F%7E3%2F194701422%2F The first heart transplant was 40 years ago and the patient lasted a little over 2 weeks. That may not have been lengthy but it sure was ground breaking. Now 4 decades later we are performing less and less heart transplants. Why? Could it be the ability to keep very sick hearts alive and working effectively for longer amounts of time then previous? Quite possibly! Could it be that even though there are more registered organ donors, our organs aren’t exactly what they used to be? High cholesterol, smoking, alcohol abuse and older donors… a different type of death. What do you suppose is the solution? Well I do have 2 words for you… stem cells. I know how controversial and heated the debate is but just think what the implications could be if we were able to regenerate healt... A Hearty Life blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1068756 Tue, 04 Dec 2007 02:25:19 +0100 1068756 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1067859&cid=t_144695_111_f&fid=36048&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.b5media.com%2F%7Er%2Fb5media%2FAHeartyLife%2F%7E3%2F194472275%2F Man oh man! I feel like there is always some sort of research pointing to some other type of research that has already been accepted and totally disagrees with what we have been doing for years. Do you follow? hahah. It seems that now researchers are suggesting that transfusions among bypass surgery patients are not as favorable as we thought… The research found patients who received a red blood cell transfusion experienced a three-fold increase in complications arising from lack of oxygen to key organs — such as in a heart attack or stroke. This is a finding at odds with the widely held belief that red cell transfusion improves delivery of oxygen to tissues. These findings were regardless of hemoglobin levels. Over half of all heart surgery patients receive a blood transfusio... A Hearty Life blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1067859 Mon, 03 Dec 2007 17:29:38 +0100 1067859 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=971491&cid=t_144695_111_f&fid=36048&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.b5media.com%2F%7Er%2Fb5media%2FAHeartyLife%2F%7E3%2F173717555%2F Just a follow up to my last post about congenital heart disease… While searching through for images that portray congenital heart defects, I can across a few websites. I have to admit, after 2 minutes I was in tears. Not just boo hoo tears, but full out sobbing. Why was the only word that passed through my mind. I know the why and how at the genetic level, but it just isn’t fair for the children, parents or families and friends that are affected by congenital heart disease. I also know that we have come along way with research, procedures and treatments but there are still plenty of babies born every day that pass while waiting for a heart transplant or die while fighting for their lives. I would like to remind everyone about the importance of organ donation. you could be savin... A Hearty Life blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=971491 Tue, 23 Oct 2007 09:00:40 +0100 971491 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=838125&cid=t_144695_111_f&fid=36048&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.b5media.com%2F%7Er%2Fb5media%2FAHeartyLife%2F%7E3%2F151623195%2F A Heart failure pump has been developed to assist those patients awaiting their gift of life. I really do hope that this is a success. The pump is implanted into the patient’s body and pumps blood from the weakened left ventricle to the rest of the body at the same rate as a healthy heart. In addition to helping 75 percent of patients stay alive for at least six months, or until a donor heart becomes available, the device assists patients’ original hearts regain function, thereby allowing other organs to heal by restoring blood flow. The device is about the size of a “D” sized battery which will allow it to help patients both big and small and male and female. Pretty cool! via Science Daily Share This (Source: A Hearty Life) A Hearty Life blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=838125 Mon, 03 Sep 2007 13:19:24 +0100 838125