In the first randomized trial comparing approaches, transplantation of hearts donated after circulatory death resulted in similar 6-month recipient survival as hearts donated after brain death.
Heart transplantation centers need to thoroughly evaluate and continue to weigh the risks and benefits of using hearts from active COVID-19 donors, researchers say.
A randomized controlled trial questions the value of routine perioperative palliative care consultation in patients with cancer undergoing major curative-intent surgery.
User-friendly ChatGPT-like system allows for accurate diagnoses of rejection, using often complicated Banff classification criteria with just a few clicks. Observers hail the work as innovative.
Maribavir may reduce mortality risk among patients with resistant or refractory post-transplant CMV infection following hematopoietic stem cell and solid organ transplant.