Month: June 2017

Italian Boy Becomes Youngest Patient Bridged to Transplant with the SynCardia Total Artificial Heart – Business Wire (press release)

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Business Wire (press release) Italian Boy Becomes Youngest Patient Bridged to Transplant with the SynCardia Total Artificial Heart Business Wire (press release) Andrei, 12, is the world’s youngest patient to be bridged to transplant with the SynCardia Total Artificial Heart. He is pictured after his heart transplant with his surgeon Dr. Antonio Amodeo at Bambino … Continue reading “Italian Boy Becomes Youngest Patient Bridged to Transplant with the SynCardia Total Artificial Heart – Business Wire (press release)”

Redding baby gets a lifesaving heart transplant – KRCRTV.COM

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KRCRTV.COM Redding baby gets a lifesaving heart transplant KRCRTV.COM REDDING, Calif. – A baby boy born with a heart defect got a heart transplant on Friday. Brayden McQuillan, who is five months old, was born with Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome meaning his left side of his heart was not working. However, after being … and … Continue reading “Redding baby gets a lifesaving heart transplant – KRCRTV.COM”

698 beads tell the story of baby’s heart transplant – Wichita Eagle

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Wichita Eagle 698 beads tell the story of baby’s heart transplant Wichita Eagle But her aortic arch had to be reconstructed for transplant, making an already-tricky newborn transplant even more complicated. Only 22 heart centers in the world do more than 10 infant heart transplants each year. St. Louis Children’s Hospital has the …

Young Calgary cancer patient recovering from liver transplant needs ‘a miracle’ – Globalnews.ca

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Globalnews.ca Young Calgary cancer patient recovering from liver transplant needs ‘a miracle’ Globalnews.ca A Calgary family whose GoFundMe was able to raise over $300,000 to pay for an out-of-country liver transplant for their three-year-old daughter posted an update to Greta Marofke’s recovery, but it wasn’t the news loved ones were hoping for. “While …

Camp Okawehna

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We are highlighting transplant camps for the month of June. For the third week of June we are highlighting Camp Okawehna near Nashville, Tennessee. Camp Okawehna was founded in 1974 by Dialysis Clinic, Inc., (DCI), in order to  promote the overall wellbeing of pediatric renal patients and their families by supporting them in developing lives … Continue reading “Camp Okawehna”

NC teen heart transplant recipient enjoying Hawaii trip thanks to Ellen | WNCN

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By Sharon Tazewell Published: June 14, 2017, 10:33 pm RALEIGH, N.C. (WNCN) — There is a new update on Al J Jeffries the now 14-year-old who had a heart transplant last year at UNC Children’s Hospital. Albert Jeffries, or Al J, who waited 13 years for a heart transplant, appeared in September with his mom … Continue reading “NC teen heart transplant recipient enjoying Hawaii trip thanks to Ellen | WNCN”

What patients (and transplant families) want to know

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Transplant families are happy to help the Scientific Registry of Transplant Recipients (SRTR) continually improve reporting with transplant patients and families feedback. An Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ)-funded grant has developed a brief survey to ask transplant patients what they might want to know from the Scientific Registry of Transplant Recipients (SRTR) website, … Continue reading “What patients (and transplant families) want to know”

Northwest Kidney Kids

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  Northwest Kidney Kids We are highlighting transplant camps for the month of June. For the second week of June we are highlighting Northwest Kidney Kids in Turner, Oregon. Northwest Kidney Kids offers two Camps Programs – Family Camp and Youth Camp. Both are held at the Aldersgate Camp & Retreat Center in Turner, Oregon … Continue reading “Northwest Kidney Kids”

What it takes to wait for a heart transplant

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By Sara Cline Posted Jun 11, 2017 at 8:00 AM TAUNTON — If a person on the national organ transplant waiting list, receives a call that a heart is available for them, there is no time to waste. The patient has around two hours to get to the hospital for the transplant. And while in the moment it may seem … Continue reading “What it takes to wait for a heart transplant”

Kidney graft success – does age and sex matter? – Medical News Today

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Published: Monday 12 June 2017 New study hints at the role of estrogen in graft success and suggests that patients could benefit from personalized immunosuppression strategies. The success of kidney transplant is dependent on the age and sex of both the donor and the recipient, according to research published n the Journal of the American … Continue reading “Kidney graft success – does age and sex matter? – Medical News Today”