ISHLT membership explores expansion of computer modeling system for organ allocation
... Worldwide, patients in need of transplant are placed on a waiting list for donor lungs, using a wide v...ISHLT celebrates 20th anniversary of infant cardiac transplantation
Renowned pediatric cardiothoracic surgeon, Leonard L. Bailey, MD, Loma Linda University Medical Center, Loma Linda, CA, addresses the International Society for Heart and Lung Transplantation (ISHLT) 26th Annual Meeting and Scientific Sessions in Madrid today. Dr. Bailey will present a "Pioneers in Transplantation Lecture" highlighting 20 years of historic advances in neonatal cardiac transplanta...The process for prioritizing heart and lung transplant candidates and determining the treatments they receive while awaiting donor organs is under review by the International Society for Heart and Lung Transplantation (ISHLT) during its Annual Meeting and Scientific Session this week in Philadelphia. ...... In the past few years, beta-blockers, ventricular and assist devices, stem cell implants a...