Vascular Disease and Surgery

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Heart transplantation surgery has become the standard treatment for selected patients with end-stage heart failure. Improvements in immunosuppressant, donor procurement, surgical techniques, and post-transplant care have resulted in a substantial decrease in acute allograft rejection, which had previously significantly limited survival of heart transplant recipients.

The number of heart transplants performed worldwide over the last decade has continued to increase annually.

Current challenges include older age of both recipients and donors; an increasing number of transplants performed with mechanical circulatory support; the growing use of combined organ transplants (now more than 4% of all heart transplants); and a high proportion of sensitised patients (those with pre-formed antibodies against human leukocyte antigens, which increased the risk of organ rejection).

Articles

Left Atrium Role in Secondary Mitral Regurgitation

Published:

14 May 2024

Citation:

European Cardiology Review 2024;19:e04.

Transcatheter Electrosurgery in Structural Heart Interventions

Published:

09 May 2024

Citation:

Journal of Asian Pacific Society of Cardiology 2024;3:e15.

Characteristics and Outcomes of Patients Undergoing RotaTripsy

Published:

18 March 2024

Citation:

Journal of Asian Pacific Society of Cardiology 2024;3:e04.

Cardiovascular Complications of Poorly Controlled Rheumatoid Arthritis

Published:

04 March 2024

Citation:

Journal of Asian Pacific Society of Cardiology 2024;3:e03.