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Heart Transplant Recipient Celebrates 25th Birthday and Transplant Anniversary

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In the United States alone, there are more than 100,000 people on the waiting list for an organ transplant.

By Linda Ha

Hannah Grinnan celebrated her 25th birthday and 25th heart transplant anniversary this past April, which also marked National Donate Life Month. She has dedicated her life to educating others about the miracle of organ donation and the impact it can have on those in need.

Hannah was diagnosed with hypoplastic left heart syndrome (HLHS) while in the womb, a critical congenital birth defect that affects normal blood flow through the heart. Read more in ANN.

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Since her heart transplant, she treats every day like a birthday

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By Stefani Kopenec, American Heart Association News

Jen Lentini was a 13-year-old competitive baton twirler and lacrosse player in the Long Island town of Hicksville, New York, when the problems began.

The pain started in her stomach. It was so severe that she’d often sit through a couple of classes then call her parents from the nurse’s office, asking to go home. Her grades started to slip. She didn’t hang out as much with friends. Read the full story in American Heart Association News.

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Navigating incidental genetic findings for CVD requires caution, established framework

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By Regina Schaffer

Genetic variants associated with CVD found incidentally during testing should be interpreted with caution using a framework that includes a multidisciplinary team of experts, according to a new scientific statement.

“There has been a tremendous expansion in our ability to interrogate the genome for the causes of disease,” Andrew Landstrom, MD, PhD, associate professor of pediatrics and cell biology at Duke University School of Medicine, told Healio. 
Read the full story in Healio.

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Stanford Medicine surgeons perform first beating-heart transplants from cardiac death donors

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Surgeons at Stanford Medicine believe the new technique, which has now been performed on six patients, will improve health outcomes for recipients and boost the pool of available organs.

By Roxanna Van Norman
Using an organ from a donor who underwent cardiac death, Stanford Medicine surgeons transplanted a heart while it was beating — the first time such a procedure has been achieved.

Initially performed by Joseph Woo, MD, professor and chair of cardiothoracic surgery, and his team in October, the technique has since been used in adult and pediatric patients five more times by surgeons at Stanford Medicine. Read more from Stanford Medicine News Center.

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Dual-Organ Transplant at Strong Memorial Hospital Saves Young Woman

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Busy mom recovering after 14 hours in surgery, 2 new organs, care from team of 250+

A Chili mother is recovering from life-saving, dual-organ transplant surgeries following a massive effort at UR Medicine’s Strong Memorial Hospital. 

More than 250 clinical and support staff – enough to fill three city buses – helped with her care, which included more than 14 hours of surgeries to give her a new heart and a new kidney. 
Read more from the University of Rochester Medical Center Newsroom.

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A near-death cardiac event, a transplant and now, a mom again

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By UCHealth Writers
Chantelle Sharketti was just 40 years old when she suffered a spontaneous coronary aortic dissection, a medical emergency that often causes sudden death, while she was at home with her three young children. There were no warning signs that her heart was about to fail.

Within a few minutes of arriving at UCHealth Memorial North in Colorado Springs, Chantelle was sedated, intubated and taken to the heart catheterization lab, where a cardiologist placed stents to open her arteries. Read more in UCHealth Today.

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Physical activity may offset short sleep duration increase in CVD mortality

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By Kate Young
Physical activity may offset the increased CVD mortality that is associated with unusual sleep duration, according to a study published in the European Journal of Preventive Cardiology.

“To our knowledge, the present study was the first to use accelerometry to document the joint association of physical activity and sleep duration with all-cause, CVD and cancer mortality,” Yannis Yan Liang, MD, PhD, of the Guangdong Cardiovascular Institute, Guangdong Provincial People’s Hospital and Guangdong Academy of Medical Sciences in Guangdong, China, and colleagues wrote. Read more in Healio.

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An Alaska man receives a heart transplant after missing his first opportunity due to severe weather

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By Paradise Afshar and Elizabeth Wolfe, CNN

More than three months after Patrick Holland’s first shot at getting a heart transplant was ruined by winter weather that upended his travel and prevented him from getting to the Washington state hospital in time, the Alaska man has been given a second chance.

The father of sevenis among the thousands of people in the Pacific Northwest whose flights were canceled or redirected in December as severe storms swept through the region.
Read the full story on CNN.

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First triple-organ transplant in Arizona history gives a new chance at life

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By Colton Krolak

PHOENIX — A Valley hospital recently made Arizona history, performing the first ever triple-organ transplant in the state.

Since Doyle Duke first picked up a bat and ball at 8-years old, all he wanted to do was play baseball. As an undersized pitcher, the doubters and the dream to play in the big leagues drove him to persevere, even being named “Pitcher of the Year” twice in high school. Read the full story from KTAR News 92.3FM.

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