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VCU Health Hume-Lee Transplant Center taps robot for partial living liver donor transplants

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VCU Health plans for first fully robotic liver living-donor transplants in 2023.

By Jeff Kelley
 
After learning her blood and anatomy was a match, Katherine Rudolph considered the implications of donating part of her liver to her dad.
 
Her future, as a mother of two young kids. Her recovery, including weeks of being unable to lift, and time away from teaching high school Spanish. Would it burden her family and husband? And, of course, there was the abdominal scar. Read more from VCUHealth News Center.

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The American Society of Transplant Surgeons Position Statement Supports Use of CareDx’s AlloSure Kidney for Organ Transplant Surveillance

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MARCH, 07, 2023

Statement Also Supports Use of AlloSure Heart and AlloMap Heart  

BRISBANE, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)– CareDx, Inc. (Nasdaq: CDNA), a leading precision medicine company focused on the discovery, development, and commercialization of clinically differentiated, high-value healthcare solutions for transplant patients and caregivers – today announced the issuance of a new position statement by the American Society of Transplant Surgeons (ASTS) supporting the use of CareDx’s AlloSure® Kidney for organ transplant surveillance, and AlloSure Heart and AlloMap® Heart. Read the complete press release on CareDx.com.

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Mortality From COVID-19 Infection in Kidney Transplant Recipients Over Time

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Yorg Al Azzi, MD, and colleagues at Montefiore Medical Center, Bronx, New York, conducted an analysis to examine the variation in mortality from SARS-CoV-2 infection in kidney transplant recipients during the course of the pandemic. Results were reported during a poster session at the American Society of Nephrology Kidney Week 2022 in a poster titled Decreased Mortality From SARS-CoV-2 in Kidney Transplant Recipients Over the Course of the Pandemic. Read more in Nephrology Times.

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500 extra steps per day could reduce CV risk for adults 70 years and older

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For every 500 extra steps per day, or an additional one-quarter mile walked, adults aged 70 years or older could reduce risk for a CVD event by approximately 14%, a speaker reported.

The results of a substudy from the ARIC cohort were presented at the American Heart Association’s Epidemiology, Prevention, Lifestyle & Cardiometabolic Health Scientific Sessions 2023. Read the full story in Healio.

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NYU Langone Raises the Bar as Top Transplant Program in New York for Quality & Volume

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NYU Langone Health experts transplanted more lifesaving organs than any other New York transplant programs in 2022 while maintaining a high standard of care—setting the bar for the region in both volume and high-quality outcomes.

NYU Langone Transplant Institute teams performed 600 organ transplants last year, exceeding any single transplant center in the Northeast. Read more from NYU Langone Health News Hub.

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Stone Treatment in Kidney Grafts Characterized

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Antegrade treatment approaches may yield the highest stone-free rates for patients with de novo nephrolithiasis in kidney grafts, according to new study findings.

In a systematic review of 37 retrospective studies, investigators identified 553 patients with de novo stones in the transplanted kidney. 
Read more in Renal & Urology News.

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Two mothers, one heart: A shared journey for heart transplant recipients

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Friendship forms between two strangers who received lifesaving transplants within days of each other.

By Sean Gorman
Mary Small and Janell Hull didn’t know one other before they were each brought to the hospital late last year for a heart transplant.
 
But they already had so much in common by the time they arrived at VCU Health Pauley Heart Center’s intensive care unit. Both had endured years-long battles with declining heart health while taking their own paths to the same destination of a lifesaving transplant from the team at Hume-Lee Transplant Center. Read the full story from VCUHealth News Center.

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Cleveland Clinic surpassed 1,000 organ transplant milestone in 2022

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The Cleveland Clinic reached an institutional milestone in 2022, with 1,050 heart, kidney, liver, intestine and lung transplants, surpassing its previous record high set in 2021, according to a press release.

“We want to thank organ donors and their families who make the gift of life possible,” Charles Miller, MD, enterprise director of transplantation at Cleveland Clinic, said in the release. Read the full story in Healio.

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As Liver Transplant Patients Live Longer, Kidney Disease Has Become a Risk

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A review of 23 studies found that evidence of kidney disease before a liver transplant is the strongest predictor of kidney disease afterward.

Since the first liver transplant was performed at the University of Colorado 60 years ago, the procedure has evolved into life-saving surgery for countless patients with end-stage liver disease around the world. In the U.S., there are just over 9,200 liver transplants performed in 2021. Read more in Managed Healthcare Executive.

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