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Infant Heart Transplant: Perioperative Indicators of Neurocognitive Development
… in the United States are born with a congenital heart defect (Limperopoulos et al, 1999), the primary defect in 57% is hypoplastic left heart syndrome (Johnston, 1991). A fatal disease twenty years ago, survival has jumped from less than 5% to 91% of infants surviving their one-month birthday due …
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Visual-Spatial & Visual-Motor Function in Pediatric Heart Transplant Recipients
<p>Heart surgery is commonly used to repair congenital heart defects and to perform heart transplantation. The associated hypoxia before or during the surgery may cause damage in the parasaggital area of the cerebral cortex, with resulting difficulty during tasks requiring visual-spatial and …
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Family and Child Psychosocial Functioning of Infant Heart Transplant Recipients
<p>With the advancement of medical procedures, heart transplantation has become a viable alternative for infants born with congenital or acquired heart disease. Although these children are thought to experience much improvement in their overall physical functioning post-transplantation, the …
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Psychological and social effects of infant heart transplant on families
… the Loma Linda University Medical Center infant heart transplant program.
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Psychological and social effects of infant heart transplant on families
… the Loma Linda University Medical Center infant heart transplant program.
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Posttraumatic and Parent Stress in Parents of Infant Heart Transplant Recipients
<p>Heart transplantation during infancy is a life-threatening event, and when successful, the treatment is a life-long process and the potential for life-threatening consequences never ceases. As a result, parents can be impacted in many ways by this traumatic and demanding experience that begins …
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A Study of Craniofacial Growth in Infant Heart Transplant Recipients Receiving Cyclosporine
… that has found widespread application in organ transplantation. However, a few studies have implicated cyclosporine as adversely affecting craniofacial growth in the pediatric population. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the possible untoward effects of cyclosporine long-term on …
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Improving Pre-Transplant Experiences for ICU Patients on the Heart Transplant Registry
… (Mikkelsen, Netzer, & Iwashyna, 2019). Many heart transplant candidates are required to stay in the ICU for weeks or months prior to transplant surgery (UNOS, 2018), making them vulnerable to adverse outcomes such as infections, depression, and loss of functional status. “Prehabilitation” is …
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A Continued Investigation of Craniofacial Growth in Infant Heart Transplant Recipients Receiving Cyclosporine
… that has found widespread application in organ transplantation. A couple of studies, however, have implicated cyclosporine as adversely affecting craniofacial growth in the pediatric population. The purpose of this follow-up study was to continue to evaluate the possible untoward effects of …
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A Continued Investigation of Craniofacial Growth in Infant Heart Transplant Recipients Receiving Cyclosporine
… and now has a widespread application in organ transplantation. Several studies, however, have implicated cyclosporine as adversely affecting craniofacial growth in the pediatric population. <sup>16,18 </sup>The purpose of this follow-up study was to continue to evaluate the possible untoward …
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A Study of Pediatric Heart Transplant Patients in Relationship to Post Transplant Coronary Artery Disease
<p>Post transplant coronary artery disease influences short and long-term survival of pediatric heart transplant recipients. Associated cardiovascular disease risk factors among non-heart transplant adult and pediatric heart populations for development of coronary artery disease have been …
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The New Normal: A Bourdieusian Examination of Living into Young Adulthood being a Paediatric Heart Transplant Recipient
Improved success of paediatric cardiac transplantation has resulted in increased survival of recipients into young adulthood (19 to 29 years of age). Young adults who received a heart transplant during childhood have experienced multiple life sustaining procedures. As survival and longevity …
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A 23-year retrospective review of heart transplant donor and recipient referrals to Groote Schuur hospital between 1997 and 2019
Background. Heart transplantation in South Africa faces numerous challenges related to organ scarcity and unequal access to advanced heart therapy. There is an urgent need to analyse the current transplant referral pathway to optimise equitable access to transplantation. Objectives. To provide an …
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The Effect of Steroid Dose Regimen on the Relationship Between Lower Extremity Muscle Function and Cardiac Function in Post Heart Transplant Patients
Differences in cardiovascular/aerobic function in heart transplant patients might be attributed to the rate of corticosteroid withdrawal and/or to skeletal muscle function. This hypothesis was tested among nine male, cardiac transplant recipients. Prednisone dosage was monitored, and isokinetic …
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Body Image Satisfaction in Infant and Pediatric Cardiac Transplant Recipients as Adolescents
… long-term survival rate of infant and pediatric heart transplant recipients reaching as high as 85%, there is now a significant number of these youths entering adolescence. Although psychological factors thought to be associated with pediatric heart transplant have reached clearer delineation in …
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Humoral alloimmunity in cardiac allograft rejection
… of alloantibody mediated rejection in a murine heart transplant model, with particular focus on the impact of the different phases of the humoral alloimmune response (follicular or germinal centre) on graft rejection.
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Outcomes of patients transferred to the University of Michigan health system on a short-term ventricular assist device for cardiogenic shock
… improve the chances of a patient becoming a heart transplant candidate and increase the probability of long-term survival.</p>
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