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First US pediatric heart transplant using XVIVO Heart Assist Transport.

Conference JHLT Open · November 2025 We report the first US pediatric heart transplant utilizing the XVIVO Heart Assist Transport (XHAT) system for donor heart preservation. An 11-year-old recipient successfully received a heart from a 27-year-old donor using hypothermic ex vivo perfusion. Th ... Full text Link to item Cite

Staged repair of borderline hypoplastic heart disease with early biventricular conversion.

Conference JTCVS Tech · April 2024 OBJECTIVE: In select patients with borderline ventricular hypoplasia, we adopted a strategy of initial single-ventricle palliation followed by staged or direct biventricular conversion by 2 years of age. METHODS: Between 2018 and 2023, 14 newborns with bor ... Full text Link to item Cite

Morbidity of endovascular abdominal aortic aneurysm repair is directly related to diameter.

Conference J Vasc Surg · October 2017 OBJECTIVE: Previous randomized controlled trials have defined specific size thresholds to guide surgical decision-making in patients presenting with an abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA). With recent advances in endovascular techniques, the anatomic considera ... Full text Link to item Cite

Impact of Facility Type and Surgical Volume on 10-Year Survival in Patients Undergoing Hepatic Resection for Hepatocellular Carcinoma.

Conference J Am Coll Surg · March 2017 BACKGROUND: Previous studies have demonstrated improved in-hospital mortality after hepatic resection for hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) at teaching hospitals. The objective of this study was to evaluate if resection of HCC at academic cancer programs (ACP ... Full text Link to item Cite