2021
Changes in Use of Left Ventricular Assist Devices as Bridge to Transplantation With New Heart Allocation Policy
Mullan CW, Chouairi F, Sen S, Mori M, Clark KAA, Reinhardt SW, Miller PE, Fuery MA, Jacoby D, Maulion C, Anwer M, Geirsson A, Mulligan D, Formica R, Rogers JG, Desai NR, Ahmad T. Changes in Use of Left Ventricular Assist Devices as Bridge to Transplantation With New Heart Allocation Policy. JACC Heart Failure 2021, 9: 420-429. PMID: 33714748, DOI: 10.1016/j.jchf.2021.01.010.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAdultHeart FailureHeart TransplantationHeart-Assist DevicesHumansPolicyRetrospective StudiesTissue DonorsTreatment OutcomeUnited StatesWaiting ListsConceptsDonor heart allocation systemNumber of patientsHeart allocation systemVentricular assist deviceWaitlist survivalAssist deviceNew heart allocation policyLeft ventricular assist deviceAllocation system changePost-transplant mortalityOrgan Sharing databaseOutcomes of patientsPost-transplantation outcomesProportion of patientsTime of transplantContinuous-flow LVADPost-transplantation survivalHeart allocation policyNew allocation systemBaseline recipientStatus 1AHeart transplantationIschemic timeLVAD implantationTransplant listImpact of the new heart allocation policy on patients with restrictive, hypertrophic, or congenital cardiomyopathies
Chouairi F, Mullan CW, Sen S, Mori M, Fuery M, Elder RW, Lesse J, Norton K, Clark KA, Miller PE, Mulligan D, Formica R, Rogers JG, Jacoby D, Maulion C, Anwer M, Geirsson A, Desai NR, Ahmad T. Impact of the new heart allocation policy on patients with restrictive, hypertrophic, or congenital cardiomyopathies. PLOS ONE 2021, 16: e0247789. PMID: 33651802, PMCID: PMC7924739, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0247789.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCongenital heart diseaseAllocation system changeHeart allocation systemNew heart allocation policyNew heart allocation systemTransplantation of patientsOrgan Sharing databasePost-transplantation outcomesPost-transplant survivalTime of transplantationMechanical circulatory supportRate of transplantationNumber of patientsHeart allocation policyNew allocation systemStatus 1ACardiac transplantAdult patientsSharing databaseWaitlist survivalCirculatory supportClinical benefitCongenital cardiomyopathyUnited NetworkCHD patients
2009
Simultaneous Heart and Kidney Transplantation After Bridging With The CardioWest Total Artificial Heart
Jaroszewski DE, Pierce CC, Staley LL, Wong R, Scott RR, Steidley EE, Gopalan RS, DeValeria P, Lanza L, Mulligan D, Arabia FA. Simultaneous Heart and Kidney Transplantation After Bridging With The CardioWest Total Artificial Heart. The Annals Of Thoracic Surgery 2009, 88: 1324-1326. PMID: 19766830, DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2009.02.056.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsFollow-Up StudiesHeart FailureHeart TransplantationHeart, ArtificialHumansKidney Failure, ChronicKidney TransplantationMaleMiddle AgedProsthesis DesignConceptsCardioWest total artificial heartTotal artificial heartRenal failureEnd-stage renal failureTotal artificial heart implantationRisk of mortalityArtificial heart implantationArtificial heartSimultaneous heartCardiac transplantationKidney transplantationRelative contraindicationHeart implantationSuccessful treatmentTransplantationHeartContraindicationsPatientsFailureKidneyMortality
1997
Intrathymic spleen cell inoculation and ALS fails to induce tolerance to rat pancreas allografts
Schulak JA, Mulligan DC, Robinson A. Intrathymic spleen cell inoculation and ALS fails to induce tolerance to rat pancreas allografts. Transplantation Proceedings 1997, 29: 1070-1071. PMID: 9123203, DOI: 10.1016/s0041-1345(96)00405-8.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchAnimalsAntilymphocyte SerumGraft SurvivalHeart TransplantationHistocompatibility Antigens Class IHistocompatibility Antigens Class IIImmunosuppression TherapyLymphocyte TransfusionMajor Histocompatibility ComplexMalePancreas TransplantationRatsRats, Inbred BUFRats, Inbred LewSpleenThymus GlandTime FactorsTransplantation, Homologous