Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Survival at 2 years when measured from treatment was higher in patients who had a heart transplant than in those ...

In a new observational study, researchers at Lund University in Sweden looked at all children listed for heart transplants in the Nordic countries between 1986 and 2023. A total of 597 children were ...

Observational studies from Spain, Italy, and the United States help paint a clearer picture of a growing field.

Heart transplant rates were markedly lower in women than men, but women were more likely to survive after transplantation, according to data from a large, urban center. The findings were presented ...

Recipients of hearts from donors after circulatory death had 10-year survival, rates of severe primary graft dysfunction, and an incidence of cardiac allograft vasculopathy similar to those observed ...

More adults are surviving both the wait for an organ and transplant surgery, but the number of people who need transplants continues to exceed the number of organs available, especially for kidneys, ...

Post-heart transplant survival among recipients aged 70 and older does not differ significantly from that of younger recipients, suggesting older age alone should not disqualify patients for the ...