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Study finds racial and ethnic disparities in cardiac rehabilitation participation regardless of income

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Participation in cardiac rehabilitation is low among Asian, Black and Hispanic adults compared to white adults, with significant disparities by race/ethnicity regardless of income, according to new research published today in the Journal of the American Heart Association, an open access, peer-reviewed journal of the American Heart Association.

Cardiac rehabilitation programs combine physical activity with counseling about healthy living and stress reduction to help improve recovery after a major cardiovascular event, such as a heart attack, heart failure, heart surgery or angioplasty.
Read more in News Medical Life Sciences.

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A new storage technique could vastly expand the number of livers available for transplant

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It allows donor livers to be held for days—significantly longer than the standard now–and even treated if they are damaged.

A patient who received a donated liver that had been stored for three days in a new type of machine that mimics the human body is healthy one year on from surgery, according to a study in Nature Biotechnology. The technology could significantly increase the number of livers suitable for transplant, the authors claim, both by enabling donor livers to be preserved for longer than the current standard and by making it possible to repair organs that are available but too damaged to transplant as is.
Read more in MIT Technology Review.

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The 10 most common reasons for hospitalization after a heart transplant

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While a vast majority of heart transplants (HT) in the United States are successful, unplanned hospitalizations are still incredibly common. In fact, one 2018 analysis found that 62% of heart transplant patients are hospitalized within 60 days of the procedure.

What leads to these unplanned hospitalizations? A team of specialists aimed to find out, sharing its findings in Current Problems in Cardiology.[1]
Read more in Cardiovascular Business.

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‘I Can’t Wait to Swim!’ | How a Kidney Transplant Changed the Possibilities for 4-Year-Old Stella

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“She has so much more energy and is eating so much more. She is also moving and walking more than she ever did.”

Four-year-old Stella Allison has always loved telling jokes and playing dress up.

With energy that is contagious and a smile that lights up a room, her mom Kyley Barthlow says Stella has grown into a high-spirited and chatty child – but was born a real fighter.
Read the full story from Seattle Children’s.

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OPTN Board of Directors expected to require transplant hospitals to use race-neutral calculations in assessing patients

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Key points:
-OPTN Board to take up recommendation June 27

-If approved, implementation may occur within 30 days

-Transplant programs and labs should be aware of the pending action and consider options for transition

At its next in-person meeting, the Board of Directors of the Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network (OPTN) will consider a proposal to require transplant hospitals to use race-neutral calculations  when estimating a patient’s glomerular filtration rates (GFR). This proposed change aims to reduce health disparities and address inequities for Black kidney candidates by more accurately estimating their GFR values. The board will next meet in Richmond, Va., June 26-27, 2022. Read more from UNOS.

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Faculty Scientists and Clinicians Publish Findings of World’s First Successful Transplant of Genetically Modified Pig Heart into Human Patient

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Patient Survived for Two Months After First-of-Its-Kind Transplant at the University of Maryland Medical Center

Newswise — BALTIMORE, June 22, 2022 – Six months ago, University of Maryland School of Medicine surgeon-scientists successfully implanted a genetically modified pig heart into a 57 year-old patient with terminal heart disease in a first-of-its-kind surgery. It was considered an early success because the patient lived for two months with a strong functioning heart showing no obvious signs of rejection, according to a new paper published today in the New England Journal of Medicine.  Read more in News Wise.

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In rare medical procedure, these two women share one liver

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Maria Contreras and Monica Davis share many things — including a vital organ.

The two Ohio women, who refer to themselves as “split-liver sisters,” received a liver transplant on July 1, 2020. But it wasn’t an ordinary transplant surgery: They had a split-liver transplantation, in which a donor’s liver was divided into two distinct portions, which were then implanted into each patient. Read the full story in The Washington Post.

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2022 Transplant Games

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Summer is just around the corner. The upcoming warmer months evoke images of outdoor activities and fun, and for the transplant community—the return of the Transplant Games.

More than 8,000 transplant recipients are expected to compete at the 2022 Transplant Games taking place in San Diego, California from July 29 – August 3. The six-day competition, hosted by Transplant Life Foundation, is expected to be the largest to date since the event’s inception in 1990. Read more on CareDx.com.

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Post-Kidney Transplant MACE Predicts Worse Survival

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Recently reported study findings provide a detailed look at how a major adverse cardiovascular event (MACE) after kidney transplantation adversely affects survival and identify which patients are at elevated risk for MACE. Data also demonstrate that patients who receive a kidney transplant are at lower MACE risk compared with those who remain on dialysis.  

In a study of 30,325 KTRs in England published in Kidney International, a MACE occurred in 781 within the first year of transplantation surgery. Read more in Renal & Urology News.

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