Early Career Reviews of Cardiothoracic Surgery Topics on July's Journal Watch
Periodically presented by the ISHLT Early Career and Trainee Committee, ISHLT Journal Watch gives early career and trainee members a chance to review and present the latest topics in the literature. This month’s issue features recent topics in cardiothoracic surgery and transplant, including the latest in MCS.
Issue editor Aabha Divya, MBBS, MS, MCh, of the Tulane University School of Medicine in New Orleans, gathers topics from four contributors. You'll read about:
- How preoperative tMCS impacts durable LVAD outcomes (analyzing the INTERMACS database)
- The likelihood of lung transplant before and after the Lung Composite Allocation Score (CAS) was introduced
- A pediatric animal model (pig to baboon) of orthotopic cardiac xenotransplantation (OCXT) as a potential bridge to allotransplant
- Assessing how rapid ultraoxygenated recovery (REUP) performs as a DCD heart recovery technique across donor ages and ischemic times
Issue Editor:
Aabha Divya, MBBS, MS, MCh, DNBTulane University School of Medicine
New Orleans, LA USA
Contributors:
Dina Al Rameni, MD
Hartford Hospital
Hartford, CT USA
Margaret R. Connolly, MD
Massachusetts General Brigham
Boston, MA USA
Shruthi Nammalwar, MD
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
Los Angeles, CA USA
Mustafa Firoz Singapurwala, MD
UT Health at Houston
Houston, TX USA
Journal Watch Senior Editor
Ross Thomson, BA, BMBCh, MRCP