Podcasts about cardiac transplant

On this episode of JHLT: The Podcast, the Digital Media Editors invite first author Peter Cho and senior author Abbas Ardehali, MD, to discuss the paper, “Severe primary graft dysfunction in heart transplant recipients using donor hearts after circulatory death: a United States Experience.” Peter is a third year medical student at Drexel University, and Dr. Ardehali is professor of surgery and medicine and the Director of the Heart, Lung, and Heart-Lung Transplant programs at UCLA. The episode explores: The study's findings regarding an increased incidence of severe PGD at 24 hours post-transplant in DCD over DBD recipients What risks weren't changed in DCD recipients—suggesting that DCD PGD is likely to be transient, and may have a different phenotype How NRP may impact the outcomes Mitigating the risk of PGD For the latest studies from JHLT, visit www.jhltonline.org/current, or, if you're an ISHLT member, access your Journal membership at www.ishlt.org/jhlt. Tune in again later this month for the Digital Media Editors' findings and observations from the ISHLT2025 Annual Meeting in Boston. Don't already get the Journal and want to read along? Join the International Society of Heart and Lung Transplantation at www.ishlt.org for a free subscription, or subscribe today at www.jhltonline.org.

Host: Darryl S. Chutka, M.D. Guest: Ruben J. Crespo-Diaz, M.D., Ph.D. The world's first human-to-human heart transplant was performed in 1967 and represented a significant breakthrough for medical science. Although the transplant patient only survived 18 days, it was still a historic event. Since this initial heart transplant, significant improvements have been made in the field of organ transplantation and currently, approximately 5000 heart transplants are performed annually. Unfortunately, over ten times this number could benefit from the procedure. What's the limiting factor in the number of heart transplants performed? What are the current criteria of eligibility for a heart transplant? What are some of the improvements in the field of cardiac transplant surgery? I'll get answers to these questions and more from my guest, Ruben J. Crespo-Diaz, M.D., Ph.D., from the Department of Cardiovascular Medicine at the Mayo Clinic. The topic for this podcast is “Cardiac Transplant”. Learn more about this Transplant Series:  Mayo Clinic Talks: Donate Life: Transplantation Series | Mayo Clinic School of Continuous Professional Development Connect with Mayo Clinic's Transplant Center online at https://mayoclinic.org/transplant or on X @MayoTransplant. To learn more and register to be an organ donor please visit https://careinfo.mayoclinic.org/organ-donation. Connect and listen with Mayo Clinic Podcasts | Mayo Clinic School of Continuous Professional Development

Returning for a second study this month, the JHLT Digital Media Editors invite lead author Oliver J.F. Weiner, to discuss the paper, “Sympathetic reinnervation in cardiac transplant recipients: Prevalence, time course, and association with long-term survival.” Dr. Weiner is currently an out of training registrar at Monash Health in Melbourne, Australia, but will soon return to his home of the UK to begin internal medicine training with the intention becoming a cardiologist. He is especially interested in advanced heart failure and electrophysiology. The episode explores: The uncertainty around clinical influences on reinnervation The importance of this single-center study in expanding the literature Potential future treatment options   For the latest studies from JHLT, visit www.jhltonline.org/current, or, if you're an ISHLT member, access your Journal membership at www.ishlt.org/jhlt. Those on lung transplant teams should check the previous episode for a study on recent trends and post-transplant outcomes from EVLP. Don't already get the Journal and want to read along? Join the International Society of Heart and Lung Transplantation at www.ishlt.org for a free subscription, or subscribe today at www.jhltonline.org.

On this episode of JHLT: The Podcast, the Digital Media Editors discuss a new guidelines document from the ISHLT entitled “The 2024 ISHLT Guidelines for the Evaluation and Care of Cardiac Transplant Candidates.” The lead co-authors of the document—Yael Peled, MD, and Anique Ducharme, MD, MSc—are on the podcast to discuss the document. You'll hear about: Challenges in drafting such an overarching document Highlights for clinicians Major changes in the document since the last version How changes in durable and temporary MCS affect use of the document For the latest studies from JHLT, visit www.jhltonline.org/current, or, if you're an ISHLT member, access your Journal membership at www.ishlt.org/jhlt. Join us again later this month for a study on age matching in lung transplantation. Don't already get the Journal and want to read along? Join the International Society of Heart and Lung Transplantation at www.ishlt.org for a free subscription, or subscribe today at www.jhltonline.org.

It will be a special Mother's Day for a woman with 13 grandchildren who underwent a heart transplant. Guests include Dr. Matt Danter, Surgical Director of Cardiac Transplant and Mechanical Circulatory Support.

Dana Henning is mother to Evan Henning, who is a 12-year-old Heart Warrior born with a critical congenital heart defect. Evan has has multiple procedures and open-heart surgeries. His life is very full of therapy appointments, homeschool activities, and extra-curricular activities such as Special Olympics and track.Dana is musically gifted. She is a former music teacher and choir director. These days she homeschools Evan and works as the Mended Little Hearts Austin Coordinator. She also works with the Parent Faculty Advisory Counsel at Dell Children's Hospital in Austin, Texas. She serves on the Cardiac Patient & Family Partners team and her family is a member of the Dell Children's Trust.In this episode, Dana talks to Anna about what Mended Little Hearts does for the congenital heart defect community, how she is involved, and some of the activities the Austin Mended Little Hearts organization participates in. Of special note is an event occurring at an ice skating rink in Cedar Park in April 2023.Links mentioned in this broadcast:Dana's other Heart to Heart with Anna appearance:https://www.buzzsprout.com/62761/770246Mended Little Hearts National page:https://mendedhearts.org/about-us/about-mended-little-hearts/Austin Mended Little Hearts Facebook page:https://www.facebook.com/MendedLittleHeartsAustinEmail:mendedlittleheartsaustin@gmail.comThe Heart Dialogues:https://theheartdialogues.substack.com/Support the showAnna's Buzzsprout Affiliate LinkBaby Blue Sound CollectiveSocial Media Pages:Apple PodcastsFacebookInstagramMeWeTwitterYouTubeWebsite

Cardiogenic shock (CS) remains a complex, multifactorial syndrome associated with significant morbidity and mortality. The CardioNerds Critical Care Cardiology Series tackles this important syndrome in a series of several episodes including: LV-predominant Shock, RV-predominant Shock, and Bi-ventricular Shock. In this episode, we review the definitions, pathophysiology, evaluation, and contemporary management, including use of inotropes and mechanical circulatory support, of left ventricular (LV) predominant CS. Series co-chairs Dr. Eunice Dugan and Dr. Karan Desai along with CardioNerds Co-founders Dr. Amit Goyal and Dr. Daniel Ambinder were joined by FIT lead, Dr. Vanessa Blumer, the recipient of the AHA 2021 Laennec Fellow in Training Clinician Award and currently pursuing Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant fellowship at the Cleveland Clinic. Our episode expert is Dr. Shashank Sinha, an Advanced Heart Failure, Mechanical Circulatory Support, and Cardiac Transplant cardiologist, Medical Director of the Cardiac Intensive Care Unit, and Director of the Cardiovascular Critical Care Research Program at INOVA Fairfax Hospital. His illustrious career accomplishments include being a Steering Committee member and site Principal Investigator for the multicenter Cardiogenic Shock Working Group and Critical Care Cardiology Trials Network. Audio editing by CardioNerds academy intern, Anusha Gandhi. The CardioNerds Cardiac Critical Care Series is a multi-institutional collaboration made possible by contributions of stellar fellow leads and expert faculty from several programs, led by series co-chairs, Dr. Mark Belkin, Dr. Eunice Dugan, Dr. Karan Desai, and Dr. Yoav Karpenshif. Pearls • Notes • References • Production Team CardioNerds Cardiac Critical Care PageCardioNerds Episode PageCardioNerds AcademyCardionerds Healy Honor Roll CardioNerds Journal ClubSubscribe to The Heartbeat Newsletter!Check out CardioNerds SWAG!Become a CardioNerds Patron! Pearls and Quotes - LV Predominant Cardiogenic Shock LV-CS is complex! It is important to recognize that the pathophysiology of heart failure-related cardiogenic shock (HF-CS) is distinct from that of acute myocardial infarction (AMI-CS), and also crucial to differentiate between LV-dominant, right ventricular (RV)-dominant and biventricular (BiV)-shock.The SCAI SHOCK Stage Classification provides a unified and standardized vocabulary when assessing severity of CS, and facilitates communication about the diagnosis, presentation, and evolving nature of CS.Norepinephrine is considered the initial vasopressor of choice in most CS patients; the initial inotrope choice is a bit more nuanced!When considering mechanical circulatory support (MCS) for LV shock, high-quality data to guide therapy is lacking but one must always consider “the right patient, for the right device, at the right time” and remember that “pumps pump blood, decisions save lives”.Multidisciplinary, team-based care is paramount to improving survival of the critically ill patient with CS. Show notes - LV Predominant Cardiogenic Shock 1. What tools do you use to define LV CS? CS is a hemodynamically complex and multifactorial syndrome, one of the most common indications for admission to a cardiac intensive care unit, with short-term mortality ranging from 35-50%.It is defined by systemic hypoperfusion and tissue hypoxia due to a primary cardiac insult or dysfunction.Clinical criteria used to define CS typically include evidence of hypotension (classically defined as SBP < 90 mmHg for 30 minutes and/or use of vasopressors, inotropes, or MCS to maintain systolic blood pressure > 90 mmHg) AND evidence of end-organ hypoperfusion (for example, serum lactic acid > 2 mmol/L, acute kidney injury, acute liver injury, altered mental status) in the setting of acute coronary syndrome or acute decompensated heart failure.Laboratory markers, including serum lactic acid, liver function tests,

Podcast summary of articles from the February 2022 edition of the Journal of Emergency Medicine from the American Academy of Emergency Medicine.  Topics include fluids in COVID-19 patients, EMS intubations, peripheral IV access, RSV bacteremia, and pediatric heart transplants.  Guest speaker is Dr. Kathryn Oehlman.

What was it like to be a parent of a baby with a critical congenital heart defect over 30 years ago? What was life like for Susan, Nick, and the rest of the family after Nick received a heart transplant? Why would an author choose to revise a book about her son's medical journey?Susan May is mom to Nick, 32, who was born with hypoplastic left heart syndrome, transposition of the great arteries, coarctation of the aorta, and a septal defect.  He had three surgeries at 5 days, 3 1/2 months, and one year of age, prior to receiving a heart transplant just before his second birthday. Nick is one of the first children in the US to receive a heart transplant and is the 5th longest living transplant recipient. Today, he is married with a daughter. Susan has written a book about her son's heart journey, with a revised edition released this year. Susan also writes professionally and has written 40 books in total, including a nonfiction book about a World War II flight surgeon and 33 medical romance novels. She has three other children and eight grandchildren. She likes to travel, read and sew. This episode of 'Heart to Heart with Anna" is filled with so many stories! Susan May certainly is a great storyteller. She shares so many heartfelt stories about the people who have helped Nick in his life. Anybody who is living with a transplanted heart, or whose baby may need a heart transplant needs to listen to this episode.Links mentioned in the show:Susan's 'The Heart Community Collection' page: https://www.theheartcommunitycollection.com/susan-maySusan's website: http://www.susancmay.com/Please visit our Social Media and Podcast pages:Apple PodcastsFacebookInstagramMeWeTwitterYouTubeWebsiteAnna's Buzzsprout Affiliate Link (we both benefit if you sign up with Buzzsprout with my link - yay!) Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/HearttoHeart)

Lorrie Hill grew up in Texas, mostly Houston and Dallas. She was born with a single ventricle heart and has had four open-heart surgeries in her 25 years, including a pulmonary artery band and bi-directional Glenn shunt. She was listed for a heart transplant on February 24th, 2020. During this time, she graduated with honors from Texas A & M and moved to Houston to be closer to Texas Children's Hospital and to start her master of public health degree. Unfortunately, due to increased symptoms and increased physical decline, Lorrie was admitted to the hospital in early February 2021 to finish the wait for her transplant. After seven weeks of being inpatient, Lorrie received her new heart on March 31st, 2021. After a bout of rejection and two biopsies in the first 3.5 weeks post-transplant, Lorrie was able to go home and continue the recovery process there.Lorrie has been a Guest on "Heart to Heart with Anna" previously to share what it was like for her as she began to decline. She wanted to help others understand what it was like to go into congestive heart failure and have to make critical decisions for end-of-life care. We appreciate how earnest she has been with us and how much she has shared her own personal journey to help others who might be facing the same situation.Links to Lorrie's other episodes:Waiting for a HeartStill Waiting for a Heart8th Anniversary Special: Part 1Please visit our Social Media and Podcast pages:Apple PodcastsFacebookInstagramMeWeTwitterYouTubeWebsiteAnna's Buzzsprout Affiliate Link (we both benefit if you sign up with Buzzsprout with my link - yay!)Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/HearttoHeart)

Dr. Howard Eisen, Medical Director of the Advanced Heart Failure, Cardiac Transplant and Mechanical Circulatory Support Programs at Penn State / Milton S. Hershey Medical Center, joined the podcase to outline the evolving trends in heart failure.

Dr. Maryanne Chrisant, Director of Pediatric Cardiac Transplant, Heart Failure and Cardiomyopathy at The Heart Institute at Joe DiMaggio Children's Hospital in Hollywood, FL., joined the podcast to talk about the biggest challenges in cardiology and advice for emerging physician leaders.

Leslie Castro is a 47-year-old former single ventricle patient from Pennsylvania. She was born with tricuspid atresia, pulmonary stenosis, and multiple other heart defects, and had the Classic Fontan at the age of 12 in 1985. Just over a year ago, she received a heart transplant. Her donor was a 29-year-old woman who was a Hepatitis C positive intravenous drug user, and Leslie had to take a case study drug to avoid contracting the virus. Leslie had a very bumpy road to recovery with multiple complications involving her brain, heart, and lungs, and required procedures after the transplant to alleviate a brain bleed and drain fluid from her lungs. This is Leslie’s second appearance on the show. My loyal Listeners may remember Leslie’s other program, “Classic Fontan Survivor Post-Cardiac Transplant!” (https://www.buzzsprout.com/62761/7884964)In this episode, Leslie teaches us about how some heart transplant recipients are now receiving hearts from donors who tested positive for Hepatitis C and what that means for donors and recipients.Anna's Buzzsprout Affiliate Link (if you'd like to try Buzzsprout for your podcast and get a bonus gift card -- and Anna will, too!) use this link: https://www.buzzsprout.com/?referrer_id=16817Links to 'Heart to Heart with Anna' Social Media and Podcast Pages:Apple Podcasts: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/heart-to-heart-with-anna/id1132261435?mt=2MeWe: https://mewe.com/i/annajaworskiFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/HearttoHeartwithAnna/Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/hearttoheartwithanna/Twitter: https://twitter.com/AnnaJaworskiYouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCGPKwIU5M_YOxvtWepFR5ZwInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/hearttoheartwithanna/ Website: https://www.hug-podcastnetwork.com/If you enjoy this program and would like to be a Patron, please check out our Patreon page: https://www.patreon.com/HeartToHeartSupport the show (https://www.patreon.com/HearttoHeart)

It’s the JournalFeed Podcast for the week of Apr 5-9, 2021. We cover leadership basics, “reverse” Valsalva, managing crotalid envenomation, cardiac transplant emergencies, and the SALSA RCT on correction of hyponatremia.

How can a child with a complex congenital heart defect survive multiple surgeries resulting in a funky anatomy and then have a successful heart transplant experience? What was it like to be a child with a congenital heart defect in the 1970s when open-heart surgery for children was something new? Why would a Heart Warrior experience Survivor's Guilt?Leslie Castro is a 47-year-old former single ventricle patient from Pennsylvania. She was born with tricuspid atresia, pulmonary stenosis, and multiple other heart defects, and had the Classic Fontan at the age of 12 in 1985. Just over a year ago, she received a heart transplant. Her donor was a 29-year-old woman who was a Hepatitis C positive intravenous drug user, and Leslie had to take a case study drug to avoid contracting the virus. Leslie had a very bumpy road to recovery with multiple complications involving her brain, heart, and lungs, and required procedures after the transplant to alleviate a brain bleed and drain fluid from her lungs. Fortunately, today Leslie is doing well and she is here to talk to us about her early life growing up with a heart defect, and how she feels as a survivor today. Links That May Interest You:The obituary of Leslie's beloved surgeonThe hospital where Leslie had her surgeriesAnna's Buzzsprout Affiliate Link (if you'd like to try Buzzsprout for your podcast and get a bonus gift card -- and Anna will, too!) Links to 'Heart to Heart with Anna' Social Media and Podcast Pages:Apple PodcastsFacebookInstagramMeWeTwitterYouTubeWebsitehttps://www.hug-podcastnetwork.com/Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/HearttoHeart)

What is it like to be an adult with a congenital heart defect whose heart has given out? What does a typical journey on the road to transplant like? Does it look anything like what we see portrayed on television or in movies?Lorrie Hill grew up in Texas, mostly Houston and Dallas. She was born with a single ventricle heart and has had three open-heart surgeries in her 24 years, including a pulmonary artery band and bidirectional Glenn shunt. She was listed for a heart transplant on February 24th, 2020. Since then, she graduated with honors from her undergraduate university and moved to Houston to be closer to Texas Children's Hospital where she will receive her transplant. She has even begun her Master of Public Health epidemiology graduate program. She talks to Anna about life now and her hope of receiving a new heart. This is a follow-up episode to the one Lorrie did in March 2020. There is also a transcript of the program available.Here are the links to the websites Lorrie mentioned in this episode:Donate LifeUNOS Transplant LivingOrgan Procurement and Transplantation NetworkLinks to 'Heart to Heart with Anna' Social Media and Podcast Pages:Apple PodcastsFacebookYouTubeInstagramWebsiteIf you enjoy this program and would like to be a Patron, please check out our Patreon page: https://www.patreon.com/HeartToHeartSupport the show (https://www.patreon.com/HearttoHeart)

Where is the future of the cardiac transplant headed? From pig hearts to 3D printing, Dr. David McGiffin, Dr. Jason Guichard, and Dr. Alain Bouchard discuss current experimentation and future possibilities in this episode of the MyHeart.net podcast.About the Team Dr. Alain Bouchard is a clinical cardiologist at Cardiology Specialists of Birmingham, AL. He is a native of Quebec, Canada and trained in Internal Medicine at McGill University in Montreal. He continued as a Research Fellow at the Montreal Heart Institute. He did a clinical cardiology fellowship at the University of California in San Francisco. He joined the faculty at the University of Alabama Birmingham from 1986 to 1990. He worked at CardiologyPC and Baptist Medical Center at Princeton from 1990-2019. He is now part of the Cardiology Specialists of Birmingham at St. Vincent’s Health System, Ascension. Medical DisclaimerThe contents of the MyHeart.net podcast, including as textual content, graphical content, images, and any other content contained in the Podcast (“Content”) are purely for informational purposes. The Content is not intended to be a substitute for professional medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment. Always seek the advice of your physician or other qualified health provider with any questions you may have regarding a medical condition. Never disregard professional medical advice or delay in seeking it because of something you have read or heard on the Podcast! If you think you may have a medical emergency, call your doctor or 911 immediately. MyHeart.net does not recommend or endorse any specific tests, physicians, products, procedures, opinions, or other information that may be mentioned on the Podcast. Reliance on any information provided by MyHeart.net, MyHeart.net employees, others appearing on the Podcast at the invitation of MyHeart.net, or other visitors to the Podcast is solely at your own risk. The Podcast and the Content are provided on an “as is” basis.

Vanderbilt fellows, Richa Gupta and Jessica Huston, interview past HFSA president Dr. JoAnn Lindenfeld, Director of Heart Failure and Heart Transplantation Section at Vanderbilt Heart and Vascular Institute about the nuts and bolts of cardiac transplantation. Topics discussed include organ allocation, recipient selection, high risk donors, short and long term complications, and what non-transplant physicians should know about immunosuppressive medications. On the CardioNerds Heart Failure topic page you’ll podcast episodes, references, guest experts and contributors, and so much more. Take me to the Heart Failure Topic Page Take me to episode topics page Acute Decompensated Heart Failure Primer – Youtube Dr. JoAnn Lindenfeld, is a Professor of Medicine and the Director of Heart Failure and Heart Transplantation Section at Vanderbilt Heart and Vascular Institute.  She is the past president of the Heart Failure Society of America and serves on editorial boards of numerous journals including JACC, JACC Heart Failure and JHLT.  She is also a member of the AHA/ACC/HFSA heart failure guideline writing committee and was previously chair of the HFSA practice guidelines for the 2006 and 2010 guidelines. In addition to this she’s been an investigator in multiple large-scale clinical trials including the COAPT trial and has served on numerous steering committees, end point committees and data and safety monitoring committees. She is the author of a more than 300 original papers, reviews, and book chapters in the field of heart failure and heart transplantation. Dr. Richa Gupta completed medical school at the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine and stayed on for internal medicine training in the Osler Residency Program at the Johns Hopkins Hospital.  She is currently a third-year cardiology fellow at Vanderbilt University Medical Center where she will also be pursuing fellowship in advanced heart failure and transplant cardiology next year.  Her current interests include post-transplant outcomes, the genetics of tachycardia-induced cardiomyopathy, the sequelae of mechanical circulatory support and applications of cardiac MRI. She also loves teaching the housestaff and medical students and getting them excited about all things heart failure.  Outside of the hospital she loves horror movies, food, travel and good exercise. Dr. Jessica Huston is an Advanced Heart Failure and Cardiac Transplant fellow at Vanderbilt University Medical Center where she also completed her Cardiovascular Medicine fellowship and served as chief fellow. Prior to her time at Vanderbilt she completed residency at the University of Utah. Her clinical and research interests include pulmonary vascular remodeling in heart failure, pulmonary hypertension and right ventricular failure. Outside the hospital she enjoys exploring the outdoors with her son.

Alin Gragossian, DO has an unusual perspective in medicine - she is an emergency room physician but also a cardiac transplant recipient. In this milestone 100th episode Dr. Gragossian shares her experiences of learning that she had dilated cardiomyopathy just one year ago, getting admitted to the ICU, and undergoing a heart transplant - all in < 6 months. She is 'back on the job' and she shares the details of her trials and tribulations, inspiring us all with her courage and insights into the patient experience, from the doctor's viewpoint. A different kind of inspirational, portrait in courage episode for our 100th episode! Happy New Year to all!

Alin Gragossian, DO has an unusual perspective in medicine - she is an emergency room physician but also a cardiac transplant recipient. In this milestone 100th episode Dr. Gragossian shares her experiences of learning that she had dilated cardiomyopathy just one year ago, getting admitted to the ICU, and undergoing a heart transplant - all in < 6 months. She is 'back on the job' and she shares the details of her trials and tribulations, inspiring us all with her courage and insights into the patient experience, from the doctor's viewpoint. A different kind of inspirational, portrait in courage episode for our 100th episode! Happy New Year to all!

This week we talk with young Alex Homer and his mom about his heart transplant journey, Alex was born with Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome which left him with half a heart. Listen as we talk about the initial corrective surgeries and ultimately needing a transplant. We also get to hear how life is now and some advice they have for others facing these challenges.

Anita Moreno Marcelo, as the mother of a son with a congenital heart defect (CHD), penned a poem that touched many lives in the CHD community. In this episode of "Heart to Heart with Anna" she talks about why she wrote the poem entitled "The Presence of Greatness," what it meant to her and why she feels it's important for us to talk about how adults with CHDs are treated in medical settings and what we, as a community, can do to improve our Heart Warriors' medical experiences.Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/HearttoHeart)

Guest, Jordan D. Marcia joins Guest Host, Megan Tones again this week. He talks to her about his goal to visit countries all over the world and how he has traveled to many different countries. Jordan and Megan share some travel stories and tips for other Heart Warrior travelers. You won't want to miss this fun, adventurous show!Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/HearttoHeart)

Vikas Mahajan is a heart transplant recipient who was fortunate enough to have the benefit of modern medicine to enable him to wait for 3 years for a transplant. Born with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, he has had to endure the implantation of pacemakers, implantable cardioverter defibrillators or ICDs and a left-ventricular assist device (also known as an LVAD). His ultimate surgery, cardiac transplantation, has resulted in a much-improved quality of life. Vikas shares his medical history with us, how he came to need an LVAD and in the last segment he tells us about receiving the Gift of Life and offers some advice for others who might be walking the same path he did.Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/HearttoHeart)

Jim Murrell is commonly known on YouTube as "The Transplant Helper" due to his YouTube channel full of episodes helping the transplant community. Jim was born with a congenital heart defect known as transposition of the great arteries. The Mustard Procedure helped Jim to live until adulthood and then he began having problems. Listen to find out what kind of rhythm issues Jim had and what was required to help him survive. Tune in to hear about Jim's journey and what caused him to begin his YouTube channel.Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/HearttoHeart)

Melanie Slavinski talks with Anna about her son's medical journey in living with a congenital heart defect. Xavier's heart defect, cardiomyopathy, resulted in his need for a heart transplant. Join Anna and Melanie as they discuss Xavier's journey, including the use of ECMO, a Berlin Heart prior to transplantation and more!Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/HearttoHeart)

Former professional soccer player, Chuck Estrada, shares his heart journey with Anna on this episode of "Heart to Heart with Anna." Chuck describes how he was born with transposition of the great arteries in 1974, the surgeries he required over time and the events that caused him to travel down a totally new and previously unexplored path by him. Chuck describes how his mother helped him to pursue his desire to be a professional ballplayer, despite having medical equipment which could have interfered with his ability to live the life he dreamed of. From the age of 19 until he received the Gift of Life, Chuck lived a life of uncertainty yet he never let go of his dream. When he finally couldn't play soccer and be the player his team deserved he retired from the sport but shortly after became a soccer coach. In today's episode of "Heart to Heart with Anna" Chuck talks with Anna about common myths surrounding heart transplantation and what the truth is behind the misconceptions. Chuck's five years of living with a transplanted heart make him an expert in this field.Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/HearttoHeart)

Shannon Arriaga is the mother of a child who was born with a critical, congenital heart defect. Eric was born with hypoplastic left heart syndrome and he ended up having a Fontan Procedure. Shortly after the Fontan Procedure, he developed a life-threatening condition known as protein-losing enteropathy or PLE. For more information about PLE, check out this link: https://www.chop.edu/conditions-diseases/protein-losing-enteropathy-ple but to explain it very simply, this is a condition where the body is unable to process proteins properly and, if it's serious enough, a person can die due to lack of growth and development. When Eric's condition became dire enough, the family turned to their last option -- a heart transplant. Shannon tells Anna about the wait for a heart and what happened to Eric after he received the gift of life. Most importantly, she shares what happened to Eric's PLE after the heart transplant process.Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/HearttoHeart)

This episode features returning Guests Amy and Jessica Cowin. Amy Cowin was featured in Season 11 of "Heart to Heart with Anna" in the Heart Warrior Siblings series. She is a heart-healthy sister. Jessica Cowin is Amy's older sister who was born with hypoplastic left heart syndrome and was featured in Episode 3 of Season 1 of "Heart to Heart with Anna." Jessica has had both a heart and kidney transplant. In this program, Jessica and Amy will talk about Jessica's early health issues, her transplants, what they are doing now to help medical science and how their experiences are helping them now to cope with their mother's recent health issues.Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/HearttoHeart)

Returning Guest, Dana Henning, shares with Anna what it was like for her family to find out in utero that her baby would be born with hypoplastic left heart syndrome and how they were prepared for their son to need surgical intervention but how they were in for a greater shock after he was born. Dana reveals the unusual conditions regarding her son's physiology that forced the family to accept that the only hope for their son to lead a normal life was a heart transplant -- and he couldn't wait. In this episode, Dana shares with Anna what it was like for her family to wait in the hospital until after her infant son actually received the gift of life -- a heart transplant -- within the first months of life.Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/HearttoHeart)

Christiana Whallon's daughter, Jaylee, was listed for a heart transplant due to being born with hypoplastic left heart syndrome and going into congestive heart failure. In this episode, Christiana shares with Anna what it was like watching her daughter's health decline to the point where she had to be listed for a heart, what preparing for the transplant process was like for her family, and how she has survived even though her daughter never received a heart transplant.Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/HearttoHeart)

Fifty years ago, cutting-edge science intersected with human drama and changed the course of medical history. The Medical College of Virginia in Richmond was situated squarely in the path of the race to the first successful human heart transplant. And now, it’s history. On March 14, 2018, at the Virginia Museum of History & Culture, a panel of VCU Health transplant surgeons discussed Donald McRae’s book, "Every Second Counts", which details the critical role that the late Dr. Richard Lower and the Medical College of Virginia played in the events leading up to the first human heart transplant in December 1967 and the first human heart transplant by Dr. Lower at MCV in May 1968. The panel highlighted innovations in human organ transplantation during the past 50 years. INTRODUCTORY REMARKS: Charles F. Bryan, Jr., Ph.D. — President & CEO Emeritus, Virginia Historical Society; member of MCV Foundation Board of Trustees MODERATOR: Peter F. Buckley, M.D. — Dean, VCU School of Medicine; Executive Vice President for Medical Affairs, VCU Health PANEL MEMBERS: Vigneshwar Kasirajan, M.D. — Stuart McGuire Professor and Department Chair, VCU Department of Surgery, VCU School of Medicine Marlon F. Levy, M.D. — David M. Hume Endowed Chair in Surgery, VCU School of Medicine; Professor and Chair, Division of Transplant Surgery; Director, Hume-Lee Transplant Center Keyur Shah, M.D. — Section Chief of Heart Failure, Medical Director of Mechanical Circulatory Support, Associate Professor, Division of Cardiology, VCU School of Medicine Daniel G. Tang, M.D. — Richard R. Lower, M.D. Professor of Cardiovascular Surgery, Associate Professor of Surgery, VCU School of Medicine; Surgical Director, Cardiac Transplant and Mechanical Support This lecture was made possible by a generous grant from Virginia Sargeant Reynolds Foundation.

Cameron Miller is our Featured Guest for February 2018. Cameron's son, Shaun, became a YouTube sensation when he made a YouTube video called "My Final Goodbye" and he has inspired people all over the world with his story and his philosophy of life. On today's program Cameron shares with Michael how he continues to celebrate Shaun's life, the projects he has in the works to help others understand who Shaun was and as a lasting legacy to Shaun.For more information about Shaun, you can buy his book here: https://smile.amazon.com/Awesome-Ride-Shaun-Miller-ebook/dp/B00AIEU4FE/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1515449821&sr=8-1&keywords=shaun+miller or check out the website for the foundation his father started in his memory, the Shaun Miller Foundation at https://www.theshaunmillerfoundation.org/

Cameron Miller is our Featured Guest for February 2018. Cameron's son, Shaun, became a YouTube sensation when he made a YouTube video called "My Final Goodbye" and he has inspired people all over the world with his story and his philosophy of life. On today's program Cameron shares with Michael how he continues to celebrate Shaun's life, the projects he has in the works to help others understand who Shaun was and as a lasting legacy to Shaun.For more information about Shaun, you can buy his book here: https://smile.amazon.com/Awesome-Ride-Shaun-Miller-ebook/dp/B00AIEU4FE/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1515449821&sr=8-1&keywords=shaun+miller or check out the website for the foundation his father started in his memory, the Shaun Miller Foundation at https://www.theshaunmillerfoundation.org/

Update your management of heart failure (HF) with expert tips from Cardiologist Dr. Eric Adler, Associate Professor of Medicine and Director of Cardiac Transplant and Mechanical Circulatory Support at UC San Diego. We cover how to use BNP, a simple way to examine jugular venous distention, medical therapy for heart failure, the PARADIGM-HF trial, and how to use sacubitril/valsartan (Entresto). Full show notes available at http://thecurbsiders.com/podcast Join our newsletter mailing list. Rate us on iTunes, recommend a guest or topic and give feedback at thecurbsiders@gmail.com. Time Stamps 00:00 Intro 04:25 Rapid fire questions 06:00 Palliative care and heart failure 08:40 Book recommendation 10:20 Advice for teachers and learners 12:27 Clinical case of HF 13:38 Classification and staging of HF 17:07 Discussion of BNP 19:35 How to perform neck vein exam for JVD 21:20 BNP for prognosis 23:00 BNP at hospital discharge 26:36 Factors that affect BNP 27:25 Initial patient counseling 32:35 Exercise in HF 34:00 Additional testing at time of diagnosis 36:28 Initial medical therapy 38:30 Discussion of diuretics and dosing 42:50 Aldosterone antagonists 44:30 PARADIGM-HF and entresto 51:27 Medications to avoid in HF 54:14 Digoxin 57:30 Dr. Adler’s take home points 59:11 Stuart questions dosing conventions 60:48 Outro Tags: arni, assistant, care, diuretics, doctor, education, failure, family, foam, foamed, health, heart, hospitalist, hospital, internal, internist, neprilysin, nurse, management, medicine, medical, physician, practitioner, primary, resident, sacubitril, student

Today's show will feature two gentlemen who have suffered from heart failure. Tune in to hear what miracles they've experienced and what advice they have for others.Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/HearttoHeart)

Some people are born with broken hearts that seem to function adequately for years before they start to decline and become unable to sufficiently support life. With the invention of pacemakers, ventricular assist devices, and defibrillators, it seems that even broken hearts can function for quite a while with the miracles of modern medicine. But sometimes, even these magical devices or the amazing drugs that can slow hearts down or speed hearts up are not enough. When this happens, people must be listed for a heart transplant. What happens when you're listed for a heart transplant? What miracles are involved with receiving a donor heart? Today's show will focus on two gentlemen -- one who has received a heart and another who is on the heart transplant list. Tune in to hear what miracles they have witnessed or experienced and what advice they have for others. ***Image courtesy of kittijaroon at FreeDigitalPhotos.netSupport the show (https://www.patreon.com/HearttoHeart)