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The Journal of Heart and Lung
Transplantation
2008 – 27:1
Articles
Transplantation Infection
Caspofungin as First-Line Therapy for
the Treatment of Invasive Aspergillosis
After Thoracic Organ Transplantation
Pages 1-6
Jan Groetzner, Ingo Kaczmarek,
Thorsten Wittwer, Justus Strauch, Bruno
Meiser, Thorsten Wahlers, Sabine
Daebritz and Bruno Reichart
Quantification of Epstein-Barr Virus–
DNA Load in Lung Transplant
Recipients: A Comparison of Plasma
versus Whole Blood
Pages 7-10
Nicolaas A. Bakker, Erik A.
Verschuuren, Nic J. Veeger, Wim van
der Bij, Gustaaf W. van Imhoff, Cees G.
Kallenberg and Bouke G. Hepkema
Incidence and Clinical Characteristics of
Herpes Zoster After Lung
Transplantation
Pages 11-16
Oriol Manuel, Deepali Kumar, Lianne
G. Singer, Isabel Cobos and Atul Humar
Allograft Vasculopathy
A Decade of Percutaneous Coronary
Interventions in Cardiac Transplant
Recipients: A Monocentric Study in 160
Patients
Pages 17-25
Ernst Wellnhofer, Nicola E. Hiemann,
Jürgen Hug, Stefan Dreysse, Christoph
Knosalla, Kristof Graf, Rudolph Meyer,
Hans B. Lehmkuhl, Roland Hetzer and
Eckart Fleck
Assessment of Early Atherosclerosis in
de novo Heart Transplant Recipients:
Analysis with Intravascular UltrasoundDerived Radiofrequency Analysis
Pages 26-30
Andreas König, Eckehard Kilian,
Johannes Rieber, Thomas M. Schiele,
Marcus Leibig, Hae-Young Sohn, Bruno
Reichart and Volker Klauss
Cardiac Rejection
Relationship Between Natriuretic
Peptides and Inflammation: Proteomic
Evidence Obtained During Acute
Cellular Cardiac Allograft Rejection in
Humans
Pages 31-37
Yael F. Meirovich, John P. Veinot,
Mercedes L. Kuroski de Bold, Haissam
Haddad, Ross A. Davies, Roy G.
Masters, Paul J. Hendry and Adolfo J. de
Bold
Endothelial Cell Activation Contributes
to the Release of Procoagulant
Microparticles During Acute Cardiac
Allograft Rejection
Pages 38-45
Olivier Morel, Patrick Ohlmann, Eric
Epailly, Babe Bakouboula, Fatiha
Zobairi, Laurence Jesel, Nicolas Meyer,
Marie-Pierre Chenard, Jean-Marie
Freyssinet, Pierre Bareiss, Jean-Philippe
Mazzucotelli and Florence Toti
Clinical Heart Transplantation
Quinolone-related Achilles
Tendinopathy in Heart Transplant
Patients: Incidence and Risk Factors
Pages 46-51
Eduardo Barge-Caballero, María G.
Crespo-Leiro, María J. Paniagua-Martín,
Javier Muñiz, Carmen Naya, Alberto
Bouzas-Mosquera, Pablo Piñón-Esteban,
Raquel Marzoa-Rivas, Pablo PazosLópez, Guillermo C. Cursack, José J.
Cuenca-Castillo and Alfonso CastroBeiras
Exercise Training Attenuates
Progressive Decline in Brachial Artery
Reactivity in Heart Transplant
Recipients
Pages 52-59
Randy W. Braith, Richard S. Schofield,
James A. Hill, Darren P. Casey and Gary
L. Pierce
Clinical Lung and Heart/Lung
Transplantation
Pulmonary Retransplantation: Is it
Worth the Effort A Long-term Analysis
of 46 Cases
Pages 60-65
Clemens Aigner, Peter Jaksch, Shahrokh
Taghavi, Gyoergy Lang, Mir Ali RezaHoda, Wilfried Wisser and Walter
Klepetko
Assessment of Pulmonary Artery
Systolic Pressures by Stress Doppler
Echocardiography After Bilateral Lung
Transplantation
Pages 66-71
Marie-Theres Kasimir, Derliz Mereles,
Clemens Aigner, Peter Jaksch, Andreas
Benz, Sandra Kreuscher, Walter
Klepetko and Ekkehard Grünig
Immunosuppression
Mycophenolate Mofetil Dose Reduction
for Gastrointestinal Intolerance is
Associated With Increased Rates of
Rejection in Heart Transplant Patients
Pages 72-77
Paul J. Galiwango, Diego H. Delgado,
Raymond Yan, Stella Kozuszko, Robert
Smith, Vivek Rao and Heather J. Ross
Donor Issues
The Implications of Pulmonary
Embolism in a Multiorgan Donor for
Subsequent Pulmonary, Renal, and
Cardiac Transplantation
Pages 78-85
Takahiro Oto, Lee Excell, Anne P.
Griffiths, Bronwyn J. Levvey and
Gregory I. Snell
Failing Heart--Basic Science
Selective Left Ventricular AdriamycinInduced Cardiomyopathy in the Pig
Pages 86-92
Stefan Christiansen, Alberto PerezBouza, Gereon Schälte, Ralf-Dieter
Hilgers and Rüdiger Autschbach
Organ Preservation
Perfusion Preservation versus Static
Preservation for Cardiac
Transplantation: Effects on Myocardial
Function and Metabolism
Pages 93-99
David H. Rosenbaum, Matthias Peltz, J.
Michael DiMaio, Dan M. Meyer,
Michael A. Wait, Matthew E. Merritt,
W. Steves Ring and Michael E. Jessen
Pediatric Transplantation
Relationship of Immunosuppression to
Epstein–Barr Viral Load and
Lymphoproliferative Disease in
Pediatric Heart Transplant Patients
Pages 100-105
Stephan Schubert, Christiane Renner,
Markus Hammer, Hashim Abdul-Khaliq,
Hans Brendan Lehmkuhl, Felix Berger,
Roland Hetzer and Petra Reinke
Mechanical Circulatory Support
Use of the Percutaneous Left Ventricular
Assist Device in Patients with Severe
Refractory Cardiogenic Shock as a
Bridge to Long-term Left Ventricular
Assist Device Implantation
Pages 106-111
Gary M. Idelchik, Leo Simpson, Andrew
B. Civitello, Pranav Loyalka, Igor D.
Gregoric, Reynolds Delgado III and
Biswajit Kar
Connecting the Centrimag Levitronix
Pump to Berlin Heart Excor Cannulae; A
New Approach to Bridge to Bridge
Pages 112-115
Alexander P.W.M. Maat, Robert J. van
Thiel, Michiel Dalinghaus and Ad J.J.C.
Bogers
Cell Transplantation
The Real Estate of Myoblast Cardiac
Transplantation: Negative Remodeling
Is Associated With Location
Pages 116-123
Jonathan D. McCue, Cory Swingen,
Tanya Feldberg, Gabe Caron, Adam
Kolb, Christopher Denucci, Somnath
Prabhu, Randy Motilall, Brian Breviu
and Doris A. Taylor
Pulmonary Hypertension
United States Validation of the
Cambridge Pulmonary Hypertension
Outcome Review (CAMPHOR)
Pages 124-130
Mardi Gomberg-Maitland, Thenappan
Thenappan, Kamran Rizvi, Sonal
Chandra, David M. Meads and Stephen
P. McKenna
Case Reports
Cutaneous Aspergillus Ustus in a Lung
Transplant Recipient: Emergence of a
New Opportunistic Fungal Pathogen
Pages 131-134
Parsia A. Vagefi, A. Benedict Cosimi,
Leo C. Ginns and Camille N. Kotton
Right-to-left Shunt Through a Patent
Foramen Ovale Left Open in the
Management of Acute Right Heart
Failure After Heart Transplantation
Pages 135-137
Mehmet Emin Ozdogan, Dilek Erer,
Erkan Iriz, Gursel Levent Oktar, Serdar
Kula and Mustafa Buyukates
Letters to the Editor
Potential Refinements of the
International Society for Heart and Lung
Transplantation Primary Graft
Dysfunction Grading System
Page 138
Jason Christie, Shaf Keshavjee, Jon
Orens, Selim Arcasoy, Marc DePerrot,
Mark Barr and Dirk Van Raemdonck
“Bridge to Decision”—Time to Consider
an Additional Management Paradigm
Page 139
Robert Higgins and G. Martin Mullen
The Journal of Heart and Lung
Transplantation
2008 – 27:2 (Supplement 1)
Articles
Luminex Detected Pre-Formed Donor
Specific HLA Antibodies Predict Lung
Allograft Failure
Page S60
J.D. Smith, H. Newell, A.J. Danskine,
M. Carby and M.L. Rose
Virtual Crossmatch Should Be Utilized
in Sensitized Patients To Improve Organ
Allocation
Page S60
J. Stehlik, N. Islam, D. Hurst, A. Fuller,
J.C. Delgado, L. Ellinger, M.A.
Movsesian, A. Kfoury, E.M. Gilbert, F.
Bader, P. Fisher, D.G. Renlund, M.E.
Hammond, D. Bull, A. Singhal and D.D.
Eckels
Pre-Implant Patient Triage Using Patient
Status with INTERMACS Patient
Profiles: Can We Refine Selection
Strategy for MCS
Pages S60-S61
F.D. Pagani, L. Warner Stevenson, K.L.
Ulisney, V. Jeevanandam, J.J.
Teuteberg, M.T. Camacho, T. Martin, K.
Aaronson, D.C. Naftel and J.K. Kirklin
Patients with Mechanical Circulatory
Support (MCSD): Is Implant Strategy
Static or Dynamic
Page S61
M. Jessup, L. Warner Stevenson, P.
Desvigne-Nickens, J. Young, M. Acker,
C. Milano, S. Wissman, O.H. Frazier,
D.C. Naftel and J.K. Kirklin
Preoperative Application of Modified
Sequential Organ Failure Assessment
Score (SOFA) in Prediction of Early
Postoperative Mortality after
Implantation Ventricular Assist Devices
(VAD)
Page S61
N. Qedra, T. Drews, K. Yilmaz, T.
Gromann, H. Kuppe and R. Hetzer
Left Ventricular Assist Devices Provide
Renal Protection in Patients Awaiting
Heart Transplantation
Page S62
S.C. Ennis, G.V. Moukarbel and T.E.
MacGillivray
A Preoperative Clinical Risk Score To
Predict Mortality Post-LVAD
Implantation
Page S62
S. Klotz, C. Riehl, H. Welp, J.
Sindermann and H.H. Scheld
Can Continuous Flow LVADs Provide a
Similar Level of Circulatory Support as
Pulsatile LVADs for Large Patients
Pages S62-S63
R. John, A.J. Boyle, T.E. MacGillivray,
J.G. Rogers, L. Chen, D.J. Goldstein,
W.P. Dembitsky, D.J. Farrar and F.D.
Pagani
MICA-Antibodies Predict the Risk for
Acute and Chronic Rejection after Heart
Transplantation
Page S63
I. Kaczmarek, T. Kauke, M.
Schmoeckel, A. Beiras-Fernandez, P.
Ueberfuhr, B. Meiser and B. Reichart
Incidence and Effect of Pre-Formed
Antibodies to MICA in Cardiac
Transplantation
Pages S63-S64
V.M. Brunner, J.D. Smith, S.
Jigjidsuren, N.R. Banner and M.L. Rose
C4D Fixing, Luminex Binding
Antibodies – A New Tool for Prediction
of Graft Failure after Heart
Transplantation
Page S64
J.D. Smith, I.M. Hamour, N.R. Banner
and M.L. Rose
Successfully Treated Pre-Transplant
Sensitized Patients Have Favorable PostTransplant Outcomes
Page S64
J.A. Kobashigawa, E. Reed, E. Sue, J.K.
Patel, M.M. Kittleson, M.A. Kawano,
K.K. Kiyosaki and A. Ardehali
Does the Presence of Recipient
Antibodies to HLA Antigens or Positive
Pre-Transplant Virtual Crossmatch
Predict Rejection after Cardiac
Transplant
Pages S64-S65
K. Krishan, M.J. Gandhi, B. Moore, S.R.
DeGoey, B.S. Edwards, N.L. Pereira,
A.L. Clavell, S.J. Park, N.A. Ploeger,
D.V. Miller, C.G.A. McGregor and R.C.
Daly
Human Leukocyte Antigen (HLA)
Matching and Blood Group
Identity/Compatibility and Heart
Transplant Survival across Twenty
Years: What Matters Early, What
Matters Late
Page S65
B. Pavlovic-Surjancev, P. Ezidinma, N.
Patel, J. Sinacore, A. Janabi, B.
Susskind, N. Neuswanger, L. Dusek and
A. Heroux
Results of a 12-Month, Multicenter,
Randomized Trial of Everolimus with
Reduced-Exposure Cyclosporine Versus
MMF and Standard-Exposure
Cyclosporine in De Novo Cardiac
Transplant Recipients
Page S65
H. Lehmkuhl, U. Livi, J. Arizon, M.
Viganò, C. Magelli, P. Boissonnat, G.
Gerosa, F. Musumeci, I. Gandjbakhch, J.
Vanhaecke, J.M. Hexham and K.C.
Mange
Concentration-Controlled Everolimus
Versus MMF in De Novo Heart
Transplant Patients: Incidence of CMV
Infection at 12 Months Post-Transplant
in a Randomized Trial
Pages S65-S66
T. Dengler, M. Viganò, C. Magelli, R.
Guillemain, S. Varnous, G. Gerosa, A.
Poncelet, J. Vanhaecke, Y. Li and Y.
Gezahegen
De Novo Concentration-Controlled
Everolimus Is Associated with a
Decreased Incidence of CMV Infection
in Cardiac Transplant Recipients
Page S66
C. Bara, S.-S. Wang, A. Zuckermann, H.
Ross, M. Frigerio, H.J. Eisen, G. Laufer,
M. Cotrufo and A.M. Keogh
Sirolimus as Primary
Immunosuppressant Attenuates Left
Ventricular Hypertrophy and Improves
Diastolic Function in Cardiac Transplant
Recipients
Pages S66-S67
E. Raichlin, K. Chandrasekaran, K.K.
Walter, A.L. Clavell, R.J. Rodheffer,
N.L. Pereira, R.P. Frantz, J.A. Wagner,
C.C. McGregor, R.C. Daly, B.S.
Edwards and S.S. Kushwaha
Impact of ACE-Inhibitor and
Angiotensin Receptor Blocker Therapy
on Development of Proteinuria after
Switch to Sirolimus in Cardiac
Transplant Recipients
Page S67
A.Z. Aliabadi, E. Pohanka, D. Dunkler,
M.E. Paireder, S.L. Mahr, M. Grömmer,
G. Seebacher, D. Zimpfer, S. Roedler, E.
Wolner, M. Grimm and A.O.
Zuckermann
Effects of Everolimus on the
Development of Microvasculopathy
after Heart Transplantation
Page S67
N.E. Hiemann, H.B. Lehmkuhl, E.
Wellnhofer, C. Knosalla, R. Hetzer and
R. Meyer
Clinical Risk Factors for the
Development of Primary Graft
Dysfunction
Pages S67-S68
J.C. Lee, C. Kuntz, S.M. Kawut, D.
Hadjiliadis, V.N. Ahya, K.M. Wille,
V.N. Lama, A. Milstone, L.B. Ware, J.
Orens, A. Shah, A. Weinacker, E.
Demissie and J.D. Christie
Risk Factors for Death Due to Primary
Graft Dysfunction in Adult Lung
Transplantation
Page S68
J.S. Ganesh, C.A. Rogers, N.R. Banner
and R.S. Bonser
Dynamic Hyperinflation: A New Entity
after Unilateral Lung Transplantation for
Emphysema
Page S68
E.A.M. Verschuuren, R.G. Grevink, D.J. Slebos, M.E. Erasmus, T.J.
Klinkenberg and W. van der Bij
Cytomegaloviral and Rhinoviral CoInfection Is a Distinct Risk for Acute
Rejection in Lung Transplantation
Pages S68-S69
F. Calabrese, F. Lunardi, C. Giacometti,
G. Marulli, M. Loy, C. Schiraldi, M.
Valente and F. Rea
The Modification of Diet in Renal
Disease (MDRD) Formula Predicts
Kidney Failure after Lung
Transplantation
Page S69
N. Al-Naamani, O.H. Maarouf, J.S.
Wilt, F. D’Ovidio, J.R. Sonett, S.M.
Arcasoy, T.L. Nickolas, D.J. Lederer
and S.M. Kawut
Effect of Non-Adherence to Home
Spirometry on Graft Survival and
Bronchiolitis Obliterans Syndrome
(BOS) after Lung Transplantation
Page S69
J. Gottlieb, C. Kugler, T. Fuehner, A.R.
Simon and T. Welte
Tumour Necrosis Factor-α Accentuates
Transforming Growth Factor-β Driven
Epithelial to Mesenchymal Transition
(EMT) in Airway Epithelial Cells from
Lung Transplant Recipients
Pages S69-S70
L.A. Borthwick, S.M. Parker, K.A.
Brougham, M.R. Gorowiec, C. Ward,
J.L. Lordan, J.A. Kirby, P.A. Corris and
A.J. Fisher
Maintenance of Canonical I-κB Kinase
Activity Is Required To Prevent Lung
Graft Injury
Page S70
H.J. Huang, S. Sugimoto, J. Lai, N.A.
Das, M. Okazaki, G.A. Patterson, D.
Kreisel and A.E. Gelman
Role of Vascular Endothelial Growth
Factor-C in Experimental Obliterative
Airway Disease
Page S70
R. Krebs, J.M. Tikkanen, A.I. Nykänen,
K. Alitalo, S. Ylä-Herttuala, P.K.
Koskinen and K.B. Lemström
CCR2 Is Required for Monocyte
Recruitment and Differentiation but Not
Acute Rejection of Vascularized Mouse
Lung Allografts
Pages S70-S71
M. Okazaki, S. Sugimoto, J. Lai, C.G.
Kornfeld, J.R. Tietjens, S.B. Richardson,
H.J. Huang, A. Patterson, A.S.
Krupnick, A.E. Gelman and D. Kreisel
Gastric Aspiration Leads to the
Development of an Immune Response to
Collagen V and Donor-Derived Class I
Peptides Following Lung
Transplantation in Miniature Swine
Page S71
A.J. Meltzer, M.J. Weiss, H. Sahara,
M.E. Cochrane, J.K. Sayre, S.L. Houser,
J.C. Madsen, D.H. Sachs, B.R.
Rosengard, J.C. Wain and J.S. Allan
Nitrite Protects Rat Lung Grafts from
Ischemia/Reperfusion Injury Via
Xanthine Oxidoreductase (XOR)
Page S71
R. Sugimoto, A. Nakao, J. Kohmoto, Y.
Wang, M.T. Gladwin, T.R. Billiar and
K.R. McCurry
Fever in Recipients Waiting for an
Urgent Heart Transplantation. Should Be
Heart Transplantation Contraindicated
Pages S71-S72
M.J. Garcia Monge, M.G. Crespo-Leiro,
M.J. Paniagua, L. Boutureira, M.
Mourelo, M. El Diasty, J.M. Lopez, S.
Fojon, S. Pertega, J. Muniz, J.A.
Rodriguez, C. Naya and A. Castro
Infections in Heart Transplant
Recipients: Focus on Chagas’ Heart
Disease
Page S72
H.L. Godoy, C.M. Guerra, A.C.
Carvalho and D.R. Almeida
Low Dose Valganciclovir for CMV
Prophylaxis after Lung Transplantation
Page S72
H.S. Khurana, G. Chaux, A. Kole, J.
Falk, S. Simsir, W. Cheng, R.M. Kass, J.
Khurana and G. Soohoo
Epstein-Barr Virus Reactivation Is
Associated with Mild Clinical
Symptoms during the Posttransplant
Period of Lung Transplant Recipients
Page S73
I. Engelmann, J. Gottlieb, N. Hesse, C.
Fegbeutel, M. Strueber, T.F. Schulz, T.
Welte, A. Haverich, A.R. Simon and F.
Mattner
Incidence of Upper and Lower Airway
Viral Infections in a Cohort of Lung
Transplant Recipients (LTRs)
Page S73
F. Bini, C. Lastoria, A. Cascina, D.
Lilleri, T. Oggionni and F. Meloni
Comparison of Voriconazole Versus a
Combination of Voriconazole and
Caspofungin as Primary Therapy for
Suspected Invasive Aspergillosis in
Lung Transplant Recipients
Page S73
C. Fegbeutel, F. Mattner, H. Weissbrodt,
J. Gottlieb, M. Strueber, T. Welte, A.
Haverich and A. Simon
Use of a Murine Transcutaneous
Ventricular Assist Device Driveline
Model To Characterize S. epidermidis
SDRF Binding
Page S74
M. von Bayern, C. Arrecubieta, I.
Matsunaga, S. Oz, M. Cadieras, Y.
Naka, M. Deng, F. Lowy and T. Asahi
In Vitro Activity of Taurolin Against
Filamentous Fungi Isolated from Lung
Transplant Patients
Page S74
A. Nicholson, S. Peart, C. Rennison, J.D.
Perry and K.F. Gould
Outcomes Following Staphylococcus
aureus Respiratory Infections in Lung
Transplant Recipients Treated with Oral
Linezolid Versus Intravenous
Vancomycin
Pages S74-S75
M.M. Crespo, S. Husain, J.M. Pilewski,
J. Kim, K.R. McCurry, B.A. Johnson
and S.M. Studer
Lactobacillus acidophilus May Help To
Decrease Recurrences and Ameliorate
Severity of C. difficile-Associated
Diarrhea in Lung Transplant Recipients
Page S75
R.K. Avery, A. Mehta, S.K. Schmitt,
S.B. Mossad, A.J. Taege, R. Corey, S.
Murthy, G. Pettersson and M. Budev
Renal Improvement after Overnight
Conversion to Calcineurin-Free
Immunosuppression within the First
Year after Heart Transplantation:
Preliminary Data after Maintenance
Therapy with Everolimus
Page S75
E. Gude, L. Gullestad, A.E. Fiane, I.
Grov, S. Arora, O.R. Geiran and A.K.
Andreassen
mTOR Inhibitors (mTOR-I) and
Proteinuria after Lung Transplantation
Pages S75-S76
P. Ussetti, M.C. Carreno, C. GarciaGallo, R. Laporta, G. Mora, C. GarciaFadul, B. Sanchez, M.J. Ferreiro and A.
Varela
Combination of Everolimus with LowDose Calcineurin-Inhibitors in Lung
Transplant Recipients with Chronic
Renal Insufficiency
Page S76
M.A.R. Hoda, P. Jaksch, B. Zweytick, S.
Taghavi, G. Lang, C. Aigner, M. Gaugg,
M. Keplinger and W. Klepetko
Interventricular Dyssynchrony in
Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension:
Evidence for Early Right Ventricular
and Septal Mechanical Activation
Page S76
D.J. Schwartz, M.R. Mehra, M.H. Park,
W.J. Kop, M.R. Vesely, S.Y. Li and J.S.
Gottdiener
Clinical Impact and Prognosis of
Supraventricular Tachycardias in
Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension
Pages S76-S77
M.J. Ruiz-Cano, P. Escribano, F.
Arribas, J. Delgado, A. Flox, V.
Suberviola and C. Saenz de la Calzada
Lung Transplantation in
Lymphangioleiomyomatosis (LAM)
¿Which Is the Best Surgical Procedure
Page S77
G. Mora, P. Ussetti, C. Garcia-Fadul, C.
Garcia-Gallo, R. Laporta, M.C. Carreno,
A. De Pablo, M.J. Ferreiro and A. Varela
97 Days Novalung ILA Membrane
Ventilation for Type II Respiratory
Failure as Bridge for Lung
Transplantation
Page S77
W.R. Bartosik, A.W. Soo, L. Nolke, J.F.
McCarthy, A.E. Wood and J.J. Egan
Lung Function after Single Lung
Transplantation (SLTx): Emphysema
Versus Pulmonary Fibrosis
Page S78
C.H. Wigfield, M.A. Chaudhry, T.
Small, G. Parry, J.H. Dark, P.A. Corris
and A.J. Fisher
Effects of Native Lung Physiology
(Obstructive vs. Restrictive) on Graft
Volume after Single-Lung
Transplantation (SLT)
Page S78
M. Estenne, D. Kienzl, C. Knoop, B.
Rondelet, M. Dumonceaux, P. Jaksch,
W. Klepetko and A. Bankier
Techniques for Bronchial Anastomosis
in Lung Transplantation
Page S78
M. Kamler, K. Tsagakis, K. Pilarczyk,
N. Pizanis, U. Herold and H. Jakob
Changes in Adult Lung Transplantation:
A UK Survey
Page S79
J. Thekkudan, C. Rogers, H.L. Thomas,
N.R. Banner and R.S. Bonser
The Effect of CMV-Immune Globulin
on Outcomes in CMV-Mismatched Lung
Transplant Recipients
Page S79
R.F. Tavares de Melo, T.S. Lukose, S.
Bae, C.J. Kubin, D.J. Lederer, S.M.
Arcasoy, J.S. Wilt, J.R. Sonett, F.
D’Ovidio and S.M. Kawut
Cotinine Levels in Serum and Urine and
%HbCO as Exclusion Criteria in Lung
Transplantation
Page S79
E.A. Kastelijn, P. Zanen, H. Ruven, M.J. Cramer, J.-W. Lammers and E. van de
Graaf
Clinical Indicators for Steroid Response
in Biopsy Proven Acute Allograft
Rejection in Lung Transplant Recipients
Page S80
T. Fuehner, M. Berkefeld, C. DeWall, A.
Simon, M.W. Pletz, T. Welte and J.
Gottlieb
Validation of the Modification of Diet in
Renal Disease (MDRD) Formula in
Estimating GFR in Lung Transplant
Candidates
Page S80
N. Al-Naamani, O.H. Maarouf, V.N.
Ahya, D.J. Lederer, J.D. Mendez, J.S.
Wilt, D. Rybak, M. Tufariello, F.
D’Ovidio, J.R. Sonett, S. Arcasoy, T.L.
Nickolas and S.M. Kawut
Modified ‘Low-Flow’ Ultrafiltration
Ameliorates Hemodynamics and Early
Graft Function and Reduces Blood Loss
in Living-Donor Lobar Lung
Transplantation
Pages S80-S81
Y. Kotani, O. Honjo, K. Goto, S. Sano
and H. Date
The Impact of Lung Transplantation on
Cardiac Dysfunction in Patients with
Cystic Fibrosis
Page S81
E.F. Nash, A.S. Coonar, D.H. Delgado,
L.G. Singer, S. Keshavjee and C.
Chaparro
The Impact of Sildenafil Use in Acute
Reduction of Pulmonary Hypertension in
Advanced Heart Failure Patients
Page S81
A.F. Freitas Jr., F. Bacal, R. Honorato,
J.L. Oliveira Jr., C.P. Silva, L.F.P.
Moreira, A.I. Fiorelli, S. Mangini,
N.A.G. Stolf and E.A. Bocchi
Post Operative Arrhythmias in Lung
Transplantation
Pages S81-S82
M.D. Bachetta, A. Biviano, F.A. Ehlert,
H. Garen, J. Dizon, W. Whang, J.
Cormilas, K. Hickey, J. Wilt, F.
D’Ovidio, S. Arcasoy and J.R. Sonett
Outcomes Following Lung
Transplantation for Pulmonary
Hypertension Secondary to Hereditary
Hemorrhagic Telangiectasia
Page S82
J. Kim, S.M. Studer, M.M. Crespo, J.
Pilewski, Y. Toyoda, B.A. Johnson, T.
Oggionni and P. Vitulo
The Influence of HLA-DR Mismatching
on Long-Term Outcome of Lung
Transplantation Is Masked by a New
Immunosuppressive Protocol
Page S82
W. van der Bij, E.A.M. Verschuuren,
M.E. Erasmus, S.P.M. Lems and B.G.
Hepkema
High Resolution Computed Tomography
Findings in Candidates to Lung
Transplantation with Previous Thoracic
Invasive Procedures: Relationship with
Peroperative Events
Pages S82-S83
D. Pérez-Enguix, P. Morales, R. Vicente
and M. Lloret
Influence of Ischemic Time on Survival
and Chronic Rejection in Lung
Transplantation
Page S83
C. Kuehn, J. Gottlieb, B. Gohrbandt, A.
Goerler, A. Meyer, F. Stefan, C. Hagl,
M. Strueber, A. Haverich and A.R.
Simon
Lung Transplantation in Patients on
Invasive Ventilation and Extracorporeal
Membrane Oxygenation
Page S83
A.L. Meyer, H. Goerler, J. Gottlieb, M.
Avsar, S. Fischer, C. Hagl, C. Kuehn, M.
Strueber, A. Haverich and A.R. Simon
Basiliximab Induction in Lung
Transplantation: A Single Center
Description of Survival, Acute Rejection
and Infection
Pages S83-S84
L.J. Stuckey, M.K. Han, R. Florn, C.
Walls, K.R. Flaherty, V.N. Lama, S.
Gay, T. Ojo, F.J. Martinez, A. Pickens,
A.C. Chang and K.M. Chan
Secondary Pulmonary Hypertension Is a
Risk Factor for Primary Graft
Dysfunction Following Lung
Transplantation for Idiopathic
Pulmonary Fibrosis
Page S84
A. Fang, S. Studer, V.N. Ahya, D.
Hadjiliadis, K. Wille, V. Lama, A.
Milstone, L. Ware, J. Orens, A.
Weinacker, E. Demissie, S.M. Kawut
and J.D. Christie
Titanium Plating To Prevent Sternal
Malunion in Lung Transplantation
Page S84
K.L. Gandy
Nonadherence to the Medical Regimen
during the First Two Years after Lung
Transplantation
Pages S84-S85
M.A. Dew, A.F. DiMartini, A. De Vito
Dabbs, R. Zomak, S. De Geest, F.
Dobbels, Y. Toyoda, C. Bermudez, R.L.
Kormos and K.R. McCurry
Restrictive Allograft Physiology after
Heart Transplantation: Prevalence and
Associated Factors
Page S85
I.P. Garrido, D.A. Pascual, P. Penafiel
Verdu, F. Nicolas and M. Valdes
Chavarri
Sinus Rhythm after Heart
Transplantation Denotes Favorable
Course
Page S85
R. Baretti, B. Debus, D. Kemper, C.
Knosalla, H. Lehmkuhl and R. Hetzer
Serum Cystatin-C and beta 2Microglobulin as Markers of Renal
Dysfunction in Japanese Heart
Transplant Recipients
Pages S85-S86
S. Nunoda, A. Sekikawa, K. Shitakura,
K. Okajima, S. Oinuma, Y. Kubo, E.
Takasugi, N. Hotta, Y. Watanabe and K.
Otsuka
Incidence and Outcome of De-Novo
Malignancy after Cardiac
Transplantation – 20 Years Experience
of a Single Center
Page S86
S.L. Mahr, M.E. Paireder, A.Z. Aliabadi,
G. Seebacher, M. Grimm, E. Wolner and
A.O. Zuckermann
The Electrophysiologic Indication and
the Long-Term Prognostic Implication
of Permanent Pacemaker Implantation
Early and Late after Heart
Transplantation
Page S86
D.H. Mortsell, W. Hussain, V. Markides,
E. Birks, N.R. Banner and T. Wong
Aliskiren: A New Anti-Renin Blood
Pressure Medication Appears Safe and
Effective in Heart Transplant Recipients
Pages S86-S87
M.M. Kittleson, A.K. Ankrom, J.K.
Patel, M.A. Kawano, A. Ardehali and
J.A. Kobashigawa
Does Gene Expression Profiling Scores
Correlate with Cardiac Allograft
Vasculopathy Assessed by Intravascular
Ultrasonography
Page S87
K. Jasti, D. Vido, C. Paul, S. Bhashyam,
P. Olson, S. Bailey, D. Dean, G.
Magovern, D. Lasorda and S. Murali
Preoperative Renal Insufficiency Is Not
Predictive for Kidney Dysfunction after
Heart Transplantation
Page S87
L. Baholli, B. Sill, K. Müllerleile, H.
Reichenspurner and A. Costard-Jäckle
The Innocence of Coronary Spasm after
Heart Transplantation
Pages S87-S88
B. Itagaki, J.K. Patel, M.M. Kittleson,
M.A. Kawano, A. Ardehali and J.A.
Kobashigawa
End-Stage Renal Disease after Heart
Transplantation: The Benefits of Kidney
Transplantation
Page S88
M.M. Kittleson, H.S. Song, J.K. Patel,
M.A. Kawano, D. Patel, K.K. Kiyosaki,
A. Ardehali and J.A. Kobashigawa
Malignancy Risk in 2007 with Current
Immunosuppression Regimens
Page S88
J.K. Patel, A. Brown, M.M. Kittleson,
J.C. Kawano, M.A. Kawano, K.K.
Kiyosaki, A. Ardehali and J.A.
Kobashigawa
Long-Term Risks Post Steroid Weaning:
Not so Rosy after All
Pages S88-S89
M.M. Kittleson, A.S. Vaidya, J.K. Patel,
M.A. Kawano, A. Ardehali and J.A.
Kobashigawa
Postoperative Management of Acute
Graft Failure after Heart Transplantation
Page S89
A. Beiras-Fernandez, I. Kaczmarek, F.
Weis, M.J. Schmoeckel, M. Weis and B.
Reichart
Genital Human Papillomavirus (HPV)
Infection and Its Consequences in CF
Lung Transplant (Tx) Recipients
Page S89
C. Knoop, H. Binet, F. Buxant, A.
Vandermeeren and A. Malfroot
Diffuse Alveolar Damage (DAD) after
Lung Transplantation: Early Pulmonary
Injury Was Not Associated with the
Development of Bronchiolitis Obliterans
Pages S89-S90
C.M. Burton, M. Iversen, J. Carlsen, T.
Scheike and C.B. Andersen
Analysis of Risk Factors for the
Development of Bronchiolitis Obliterans
Syndrome (BOS) after Lung
Transplantation
Page S90
C.M. Burton, J. Carlsen, T. Scheike,
C.B. Andersen and M. Iversen
Advanced Chronic Kidney Disease Early
after Lung Transplantation Predicts
Worse Outcome
Page S90
J. Gottlieb, M. Berkefeld, A. Reising,
A.R. Simon and T. Welte
The Impact of Aspergillus Infection on
Survival and Bronchiolitis Obliterans
Syndrome in Lung Transplantation
Pages S90-S91
S.S. Weigt, C. Huang, M.P. Keane, Y.Y.
Xue, V. Palchevskiy, A. Ardehali, A.L.
Gregson, B. Kubak, R. Saggar, D.J.
Ross, J.P. Lynch III, R.M. Elashoff and
J.A. Belperio
Shift from PTLD to Early Onset NonPTLD Malignancies as a Price Tag of a
Protocol Switch after Lung
Transplantation
Page S91
B.C. Wagemakers, E.A.M. Verschuuren,
M.E. Erasmus, E. Bastiaannet, A.J.H.
Suurmeijer and W. van der Bij
Discrepancies between Clinical and
Autopsy Diagnoses in Lung Transplant
Recipients
Page S91
O.A. Akindipe, S. Fernandez-Bussy, A.
Deem, E.D. Staples and M.A. Baz
The Role of Transbronchial Biopsies in
the Diagnosis of Obliterative
Bronchiolitis: Time for a Re-Evaluation
Pages S91-S92
J. Majo, S.M. Parker, G. Johnston, F.
Black, J. Lordan, P.A. Corris and A.J.
Fisher
Degree of Concordance between
CARGO and Biomarkers in
Transplantation
Page S92
Z. Hollander, D. Lin, A. Mui, J. WilsonMcManus, G. Cohen Freue, R. Balshaw,
R. Ng, R. McMaster, P. Keown and B.
McManus
Whole Blood Genomic Biomarkers of
Acute Heart Allograft Rejection
Page S92
Z. Hollander, D. Lin, R. Balshaw, R. Ng,
P. Qasimi, G. Cohen Freue, J. WilsonMcManus, A. Mui, R. McMaster, P.
Keown and B. McManus
The Inhibitor of Apoptosis Birc6 Is a
Sensitive and Specific Marker of
Cardiac Allograft Rejection
Page S93
S. Aharinejad, O. Andrukhova, R.
Schaefer, K. Krenn, C. May, A.
Zuckermann, D. Zimpfer and M. Grimm
Clinical Experience with Recombinant
Factor VII Use in Patients with Left
Ventricular Assist Devices
Page S93
B.A. Bruckner, L.P. Jacob, J.C. Walkes,
O. Habib, M.J. Reardon, M. Loebe, I.D.
Gregoric and O.H. Frazier
Sustained Activation of Vascular
Endothelium Induces the Tissue Factor
Pathway in LVAD Recipients
Page S93
S.R. Panch, J. Hrabe, A. Solovey, C.
Toninato, R.P. Hebbel and R. John
Preoperative Parameters at the Time of
Left Ventricular Assist Device
Placement Predict the Need for
Biventricular Mechanical Support
Pages S93-S94
J.R. Fitzpatrick III, J.R. Frederick, V.M.
Hsu, E.D. Kozin, M.L. O’Hara, E.
Howell, R.C. McCormick, C.M.
Laporte, J.E. Cohen, K.W. Southerland,
J.L. Howard, M.L. Jessup, R.J. Morris,
M.A. Acker and Y.J. Woo
The Influence of the Inflow Cannula
Length in Rotary Blood Pumps on the
Neurological Adverse Event Rate –
Results from a Multi-Center Analysis
Page S94
C. Schmid, M. Jurmann, D. Birnbaum,
T. Colombo, V. Falk, G. Feltrin, A.
Garatti, M. Genoni, G. Gerosa, P. Göttel,
J. Gummert, R. Halfmann, D. Hammel,
E. Hennig, F. Kaufmann, M.
Lanfranconi, B. Meyns, F. Mohr, J.
Müller, D. Nikolov, et al.
The Journal of Heart and Lung
Transplantation
2008 – 27:2
Articles
Current Controversy
Multidisciplinary Insights on Clinical
Guidance for the Use of Proliferation
Signal Inhibitors in Heart
Transplantation
Pages 141-149
Andreas Zuckermann, Nicolas Manito,
Eric Epailly, Arnt Fiane, Christoph Bara,
Juan F. Delgado, Hans Lehmkuhl,
Heather Ross, Howard Eisen, Jeremy
Chapman and Hannah Valantine
Mechanical Circulatory support
Biomarker Responses During Mid-term
Mechanical Cardiac Support in Children
Pages 150-157
Grit Heise, Julia Lemmer, Yuguo Weng,
Michael Hübler, Vladimir AlexiMeskishvili, Wolfgang Böttcher, Roland
Hetzer, Felix Berger and Brigitte Stiller
The Papworth Experience With the
Levitronix CentriMag Ventricular Assist
Device
Pages 158-164
Jeffrey H. Shuhaiber, David Jenkins,
Marius Berman, Jayan Parameshwar,
Kumud Dhital, Steven Tsui and Stephen
R. Large
Quality of Life After Removal of Left
Ventricular Assist Device for
Myocardial Recovery
Pages 165-172
Robert S. George, Magdi H. Yacoub,
Christopher T. Bowles, Mandy Hipkin,
Paula Rogers, Claire Hallas, Nicholas R.
Banner, Gilles Dreyfus, Asghar
Khaghani and Emma J. Birks
Pneumatic Paracorporeal Ventricular
Assist Device in Infants and Children:
Initial Stanford Experience
Pages 173-177
S. Chris Malaisrie, Marc P. Pelletier,
James J. Yun, Kapil Sharma, Tomasz A.
Timek, David N. Rosenthal, Gail E.
Wright, Robert C. Robbins and Bruce A.
Reitz
Clinical Heart Transplantation
Outcomes in Bicaval Versus Biatrial
Techniques in Heart Transplantation: An
Analysis of the UNOS Database
Pages 178-183
Eric S. Weiss, Lois U. Nwakanma,
Stuart B. Russell, John V. Conte and
Ashish S. Shah
Outcomes in Patients Older Than 60
Years of Age Undergoing Orthotopic
Heart Transplantation: An Analysis of
the UNOS Database
Pages 184-191
Eric S. Weiss, Lois U. Nwakanma,
Nishant D. Patel and David D. Yuh
Clinical Lung and Heart/Lung
Transplantation
Ninety-day Mortality and Major
Complications Are Not Affected by Use
of Lung Allocation Score
Pages 192-196
Jonathan D. McCue, Josh Mooney,
Jacob Quail, Amanda Arrington, Cynthia
Herrington and Peter S. Dahlberg
Immunosuppression
Cyclosporine Reduction in the Presence
of Everolimus: 3-Month Data From a
Canadian Pilot Study of Maintenance
Cardiac Allograft Recipients
Pages 197-202
Heather Ross, Peter Pflugfelder,
Haissam Haddad, Marcelo Cantarovich,
Michael White, Andrew Ignaszewski,
Jonathan Howlett, Marc Vaillancourt,
Richard Dorent and Jeffrey R. Burton
Lung Rejection
Natural Killer Cells in Peripheral Blood
and Lung Tissue Are Associated With
Chronic Rejection After Lung
Transplantation
Pages 203-207
James E. Fildes, Nizar Yonan, Katie
Tunstall, Antony H. Walker, Lorraine
Griffiths-Davies, Paul Bishop and Colm
T. Leonard
Organ Preservation
Endothelial Dysfunction After Longterm Cold Storage in HTK Organ
Preservation Solutions: Effects of Iron
Chelators and N-α-acetyl-l-histidine
Pages 208-216
Tamás Radovits, Li-ni Lin, Julia
Zotkina, Achim Koch, Ursula Rauen,
Gernot Köhler, Matthias Karck and
Gábor Szabó
Pediatric Transplantation
Renal Transplantation After Previous
Pediatric Heart Transplantation
Pages 217-221
Jyoti Gupta, Sandra Amaral and William
T. Mahle
Failing Heart--Medical Aspects
The Munich Score: A Clinical Index to
Predict Survival in Ambulatory Patients
With Chronic Heart Failure in the Era of
New Medical Therapies
Pages 222-228
Hans-Ulrich Stempfle, Andrea Alt, Jutta
Stief and Uwe Siebert
Beauty of Brevity
Neuromuscular Painful Disorders: a
Rare Side Effect of Voriconazole in
Lung Transplant Patients Under
Tacrolimus
Pages 229-232
V. Boussaud, N. Daudet, E.M. Billaud,
A. Lillo-Le Louet, P. Chevalier, C.
Amrein, M. Maud Bergé, R. Guillemain
and C. Le Beller
Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation
in Pulmonary Crisis and Primary Graft
Dysfunction
Pages 233-237
Hsao-Hsun Hsu, Wen-Je Ko, Jin-Shing
Chen, Cheng-Hsin Lin, Shuenn-Wen
Kuo, Shu-Chien Huang and Yung-Chie
Lee
Case Reports
Giant Cell Myocarditis Mimicking
Idiopathic Fascicular Ventricular
Tachycardia
Pages 238-241
Michael Weidenbach, Tina Springer,
Ingo Daehnert, Karin Klingel, Susanne
Doll and Jan Janoušek
Alemtuzumab (Campath-1H) Induction
in a Pediatric Heart Transplant:
Successful Outcome and Rationale for
Its Use
Pages 242-244
Bibhuti Das, Lawrence Shoemaker,
Michael Recto, Erle Austin and Robert
Dowling
The Journal of Heart and Lung
Transplantation
2008- 27:3
Articles
Tricuspid Regurgitation After Cardiac
Transplantation: An Old Problem
Revisited
Pages 247-252
Raymond Ching-Chiew Wong, Zuheir
Abrahams, Mazen Hanna, Joseph
Pangrace, Gozalo Gonzalez-Stawinski,
Randall Starling, David Taylor
Influence of Inflow Cannula Length in
Axial-flow Pumps on Neurologic
Adverse Event Rate: Results From a
Multi-center Analysis
Pages 253-260
Christof Schmid, Michael Jurmann,
Dietrich Birnbaum, Tiziano Colombo,
Volkmar Falk, Giuseppe Feltrin, Andrea
Garatti, Michele Genoni, Gino Gerosa,
Peter Göttel, Jan Gummert, Robert
Halfmann, Dieter Hammel, Ewald
Hennig, Friedrich Kaufmann, Marco
Lanfranconi, Bart Meyns, Friedrich
Mohr, Johannes Müller, Dimitar
Nikolov, et al.
Effects of Pulsatile- and Continuousflow Left Ventricular Assist Devices on
Left Ventricular Unloading
Pages 261-267
Santiago Garcia, Forum Kandar, Andrew
Boyle, Monica Colvin-Adams, Kenneth
Lliao, Lyle Joyce, Ranjit John
Use of an Intraperitoneal Ventricular
Assist Device With a
Polytetrafluoroethylene Barrier
Decreases Infections
Pages 268-271
William L. Holman, Salpy V.
Pamboukian, S. Chris Bellot, Peggy S.
Blood, Jose A. Tallaj, Jessica L.
Sharpton, James K. Kirklin
Graft Side-mismatching for Single-lung
Transplantation Does Not Affect
Outcomes: Role of the Pre-operative
Quantitative Lung Perfusion Scan
Pages 272-275
Benjamin D. Fox, Ilanit Ben Nachum,
Hanna Bernstine, Anat Amital, Ilana
Bakal, Nir Peled, David Shitrit,
Mordechai R. Kramer
Exudative Bronchiolitis After Lung
Transplantation
Pages 276-281
Terence E. McManus, David G. Milne,
Kenneth F. Whyte, Margaret L. Wilsher
Outcome of Influenza Infection
Managed With Oseltamivir in Lung
Transplant Recipients
Pages 282-288
Michael G. Ison, Amita Sharma, JoAnne O. Shepard, John C. Wain, Leo C.
Ginns
Quilty Indicates Increased Risk for
Microvasculopathy and Poor Survival
After Heart Transplantation
Pages 289-296
Nicola E. Hiemann, Christoph Knosalla,
Ernst Wellnhofer, Hans B. Lehmkuhl,
Roland Hetzer, Rudolf Meyer
Clinical Implications and Longitudinal
Alteration of Peripheral Blood
Transcriptional Signals Indicative of
Future Cardiac Allograft Rejection
Pages 297-301
Mandeep R. Mehra, Jon A.
Kobashigawa, Mario C. Deng, Kenneth
C. Fang, Tod M. Klingler, Preeti G. Lal,
Steven Rosenberg, Patricia A. Uber,
Randall C. Starling, Srinivas Murali,
Daniel F. Pauly, Russell Dedrick,
Michael G. Walker, Adriana Zeevi,
Howard J. Eisen and CARGO
Investigators
Assessment and Characterization of
Time-related Differences in Plaque
Composition by Intravascular
Ultrasound–derived Radiofrequency
Analysis in Heart Transplant Recipients
Pages 302-309
Andreas König, Eckehard Kilian, HaeYoung Sohn, Johannes Rieber, Thomas
Michael Schiele, Uwe Siebert, Raffaella
M. Gothe, Bruno Reichart, Volker
Klauss
Detection of High-grade Stenoses With
Multislice Computed Tomography in
Heart Transplant Patients
Pages 310-316
Philipp Pichler, Christian Loewe,
Suzanne Roedler, Bonni Syeda, Alfred
Stadler, Arezu Aliabadi, Christoph
Schukro, Florian Wolf, Andreas
Zuckermann, Johannes Lammer, Heinz
Sochor, Dietmar Glogar
Myocardial Pro-inflammatory Cytokine
Expression and Cellular Rejection in
Pediatric Heart Transplant Recipients
Pages 317-324
John P. Breinholt, Jesus G. Vallejo,
Corey M. Gates, Sarah K. Clunie, Debra
L. Kearney, William J. Dreyer, Jeffrey
A. Towbin, Neil E. Bowles
Performance of Limited Sampling
Strategies for Predicting Mycophenolic
Acid Area Under the Curve in Thoracic
Transplant Recipients
Pages 325-328
Lillian S.L. Ting, Nilufar Partovi, Robert
D. Levy, Andrew P. Ignaszewski, Mary
H.H. Ensom
Pulmonary Hypertension in End-stage
Pulmonary Sarcoidosis: Therapeutic
Effect of Sildenafil?
Pages 329-334
Nils Milman, Christopher M. Burton,
Martin Iversen, Regitze Videbæk, Claus
V. Jensen, Jørn Carlsen
Prevalence and Characteristics of
Restless Legs Syndrome in Patients
With Pulmonary Hypertension
Pages 335-340
Omar A. Minai, Numaan Malik, Nancy
Foldvary, Nancy Bair, Joseph A. Golish
Prognostic Value of Timing and
Duration Characteristics of Exercise
Oscillatory Ventilation in Patients With
Heart Failure
Pages 341-347
Ross Arena, Jonathan Myers, Joshua
Abella, Mary Ann Peberdy, Sherry
Pinkstaff, Daniel Bensimhon, Paul
Chase, Marco Guazzi
Use of Extracorporeal Membrane
Oxygenation as a Bridge to Primary
Lung Transplant: 3 Consecutive,
Successful Cases and a Review of the
Literature
Pages 348-352
Andrew Jackson, Jonathan Cropper,
Roger Pye, Frank Junius, Monique
Malouf, Allan Glanville
Successful Radiofrequency Ablation
Therapy for Intractable Ventricular
Tachycardia With a Ventricular Assist
Device
Pages 353-356
Satoru Osaki, Cesar Alberte, Margaret
A. Murray, Rinjal D. Brahmbhatt, Maryl
R. Johnson, Niloo M. Edwards, Takushi
Kohmoto
The Journal of Heart and Lung
Transplantation
2008- 27:4
Articles
Decay-accelerating Factor Expression
May Provide Immunoprotection Against
Antibody-mediated Cardiac Allograft
Rejection
Pages 357-361
Gonzalo V. González-Stawinski,
Carmela D. Tan, Nicholas G. Smedira,
Randall C. Starling, E. Rene Rodríguez
Foxp3-expressing Regulatory T Cells
Expanded With CD28 Superagonist
Antibody Can Prevent Rat Cardiac
Allograft Rejection
Pages 362-371
Yusuke Kitazawa, Masayuki Fujino,
Takatoshi Sakai, Haruhito Azuma,
Hiromitsu Kimura, Yoshitaka Isaka,
Shiro Takahara, Thomas Hünig, Ryo
Abe, Xiao-Kang Li
Immunohistochemistry Staining of C4d
to Diagnose Antibody-mediated
Rejection in Cardiac Transplantation
Pages 372-379
Savitri E. Fedson, Silver S. Daniel, Aliya
N. Husain
Long-term Follow-up of Patients
Eligible, Deferred, or Ineligible for
Heart Transplantation
Pages 380-386
Amedeo Chiribiri, Matteo Anselmino,
Angela Del Grosso, Gian Paolo Trevi,
Marco Bobbio
Graft-infiltrating Dendritic Cells and
Coronary Endothelial Dysfunction After
Human Heart Transplantation
Pages 387-393
Sieglinde Kofler, Paraskevi
Petrakopoulou, Cornelia Grimm, Ingo
Kaczmarek, Bruno M. Meiser, Michael
Weis
The Effects of Pre- and Post-transplant
Anemia on 1-Year Survival After
Cardiac Transplantation
Pages 394-399
Anne B. Taegtmeyer, Paula Rogers, Jane
B. Breen, Paul J. Barton, Nicholas R.
Banner, Magdi H. Yacoub
Epithelial Tenascin Predicts Obliterative
Airway Disease
Pages 400-407
Outi E. Päiväniemi, Paula K. Maasilta,
Hanni S. Alho, Tiina L.S. Vainikka,
Ulla-Stina Salminen
Risk Factor Analysis in Pediatric Heart
Transplantation
Pages 408-415
Yanto Sandy Tjang, Hans Stenlund,
Gero Tenderich, Lech Hornik, Andreas
Bairaktaris, Reiner Körfer
Effects of Cyclosporine, Tacrolimus and
Sirolimus on Vascular Changes Related
to Immune Response
Pages 416-422
Montserrat Rigol, Núria Solanes,
Alessandro Sionis, Carolina Gálvez,
Jaume Martorell, Isabel Rojo, Mercè
Brunet, José Ramírez, Mercè Roqué,
Eulàlia Roig, Fèlix Pérez-Villa, Leire
Barquín, José Luís Pomar, Ginés Sanz,
Magda Heras
A Less Invasive Approach to Axial Flow
Pump Insertion
Pages 423-426
Igor D. Gregoric, Saverio La Francesca,
Tim Myers, William Cohn, Pranav
Loyalka, Biswajit Kar, Courtney
Gemmato, O.H. Frazier
Sex-specific Predictive Power of 6Minute Walk Test in Chronic Heart
Failure Is Not Enhanced Using Percent
Achieved of Published Reference
Equations
Pages 427-434
Lutz Frankenstein, Christian Zugck,
Manfred Nelles, Dieter Schellberg, Hugo
Katus, Andrew Remppis
Pleiotropic Effects of Atorvastatin in
Heart Failure: Role in Oxidative Stress,
Inflammation, Endothelial Function, and
Exercise Capacity
Pages 435-441
Pablo F. Castro, Rodrigo Miranda, Hugo
E. Verdejo, Douglas Greig, Luigi A.
Gabrielli, Hernán Alcaino, Mario
Chiong, Carlos Bustos, Lorena Garcia,
Rosemarie Mellado, José Luis
Vukasovic, Ivan Godoy, Sergio
Lavandero
Decreased Myocardial Chromogranin A
Expression and Colocalization With
Brain Natriuretic Peptide During
Reverse Cardiac Remodeling After
Ventricular Unloading
Pages 442-449
Jeremias Wohlschlaeger, Moritz von
Winterfeld, Hendrik Milting, Aly El
Banayosy, Klaus Jürgen Schmitz,
Atsushi Takeda, Nobuakira Takeda,
Petra Azhari, Christof Schmid, Christian
August, Kurt Werner Schmid, Hideo
Andreas Baba
Development of a Combined Heart and
Carotid Artery Transplant Model to
Investigate the Impact of Acute
Rejection on Cardiac Allograft
Vasculopathy
Pages 450-456
Behzad Soleimani, Fumin Fu, Philip
Lake, Victor C. Shi
Clenbuterol Increases Lean Muscle Mass
but Not Endurance in Patients With
Chronic Heart Failure
Pages 457-461
Gayathri Kamalakkannan, Christopher
M. Petrilli, Isaac George, John
LaManca, Brooke T. McLaughlin,
Elizabeth Shane, Donna M. Mancini,
Simon Maybaum
Regression of Pulmonary
Lymphangioleiomyomatosis (PLAM)associated Retroperitoneal
Angiomyolipoma Post–Lung
Transplantation With Rapamycin
Treatment
Pages 462-465
Judith M. Morton, Catriona McLean,
Stephen S. Booth, Gregory I. Snell,
Helen M. Whitford
Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation
as a Bridge to Emergency Heart-Lung
Transplantation in a Patient With
Idiopathic Pulmonary Arterial
Hypertension
Pages 466-468
Igor D. Gregoric, Divay Chandra,
Timothy J. Myers, Scott A. Scheinin,
Pranav Loyalka, Biswajit Kar
The Journal of Heart and Lung
Transplantation
2008- 27:5
Articles
Renal Function After Implantation of
Continuous Versus Pulsatile Flow Left
Ventricular Assist Devices
Pages 469-473
Sigrid E. Sandner, Daniel Zimpfer,
Philipp Zrunek, Daniela Dunkler,
Heinrich Schima, Angela Rajek, Michael
Grimm, Ernst Wolner, Georg M.
Wieselthaler
Bridge to Decision Using the Levitronix
CentriMag Short-term Ventricular Assist
Device
Pages 474-478
Fabio De Robertis, Paula Rogers,
Mohammed Amrani, Mario Petrou, John
R. Pepper, Toufan Bahrami, Gilles D.
Dreyfus, Asghar Khaghani, Emma J.
Birks
Initial Clinical Experience With the
VentrAssist Left Ventricular Assist
Device: The Pilot Trial
Pages 479-485
Donald S. Esmore, David Kaye, Robert
Salamonsen, Mark Buckland, John R.
Begg, Justin Negri, Peter Ayre, John
Woodard, Franklin L. Rosenfeldt
Outcome of Heart Transplants 15 to 20
Years Ago: Graft Survival, Posttransplant Morbidity, and Risk Factors
for Mortality
Pages 486-493
Jean C. Roussel, Olivier Baron,
Christian Périgaud, Philippe Bizouarn,
Sabine Pattier, Oussama Habash,
Antoine Mugniot, Thierry Petit, Jean L.
Michaud, Marie Françoise Heymann,
Michèle Treilhaud, Jean N. Trochu, Jean
P. Gueffet, Guillaume Lamirault, Daniel
Duveau, Philippe Despins
Prevalence and Risk Factors for
Tricuspid Valve Regurgitation After
Pediatric Heart Transplantation
Pages 494-500
V. Ben Sivarajan, Maryanne R.K.
Chrisant, Richard F. Ittenbach, Bernard
J. Clark III, Brian D. Hanna, Stephen M.
Paridon, Thomas L. Spray, Gil
Wernovsky, J. William Gaynor
Hypertension After Pediatric Heart
Transplantation is Primarily Associated
With Immunosuppressive Regimen
Pages 501-507
Susan L. Roche, Jacob Kaufmann, Anne
I. Dipchand, Paul F. Kantor
Too Fat or Too Thin? Body Habitus
Assessment in Children Listed for Heart
Transplant and Impact on Outcome
Pages 508-513
Beth D. Kaufman, Monica L. Nagle,
Selena R. Levine, Nirmala Vijaynathan,
Brian D. Hanna, Stephen Paridon, Chitra
Ravishankar, Maryanne K. Chrisant
Coronary Flow Reserve Measurement
Detects Transplant Coronary Artery
Disease in Pediatric Heart Transplant
Patients
Pages 514-521
Stephan Schubert, Hashim AbdulKhaliq, Ernst Wellnhofer, Nicola Erika
Hiemann, Peter Ewert, Hans Brendan
Lehmkuhl, Rudolf Meyer, Oliver Miera,
Bjoern Peters, Roland Hetzer, Felix
Berger
Myocardial HLA-G Reliably Indicates a
Low Risk of Acute Cellular Rejection in
Heart Transplant Recipients
Pages 522-527
Rohit Sheshgiri, Nathalie Rouas-Freiss,
Vivek Rao, Jagdish Butany, Danny
Ramzy, Irene Krawice-Radanne,
Heather J. Ross, Edgardo D. Carosella,
Diego H. Delgado
Infections in Lung Allograft Recipients:
Ganciclovir Era
Pages 528-535
Vincent G. Valentine, Ryan W.
Bonvillain, Meera R. Gupta, Gisele A.
Lombard, Stephanie G. LaPlace,
Gundeep S. Dhillon, Guoshun Wang
High Incidence of Cytomegalovirus
Disease in D+/R− Heart Transplant
Recipients Shortly After Completion of
3 Months of Valganciclovir Prophylaxis
Pages 536-539
Sachin Gupta, Joshua D. Mitchell, David
W. Markham, Pradeep P.A. Mammen,
Parag C. Patel, Patricia Kaiser, W.
Steves Ring, J. Michael DiMaio, Mark
H. Drazner
Sleep-disordered Breathing Before and
After Lung Transplantation
Pages 540-546
Monique A. Malouf, Maree A. Milross,
Ronald R. Grunstein, Keith Wong,
Chhajed Prashant, David M.B.
Jankelson, Christina L. Aboyoun, Peter
T. Bye, Allan R. Glanville
Rabbit Anti-thymocyte Globulin
Induction Therapy Does Not Prolong
Survival After Lung Transplantation
Pages 547-553
Matthew G. Hartwig, Laurie D. Snyder,
James Z. Appel III, Ed Cantu III, Shu S.
Lin, Scott M. Palmer, R. Duane Davis
Efficient and Durable Gene Transfer to
Transplanted Heart Using Adenoassociated Virus 9 Vector
Pages 554-560
Naoto Miyagi, Vinay P. Rao, Davide
Ricci, Zeji Du, Guerard W. Byrne, Kent
R. Bailey, Hiroyuki Nakai, Stephen J.
Russell, Christopher G.A. McGregor
Early Experience With Lung
Transplantation Using Donors After
Cardiac Death
Pages 561-563
David P. Mason, Sudish C. Murthy,
Gonzalo V. Gonzalez-Stawinski, Marie
M. Budev, Atul C. Mehta, Ann M.
McNeill, Gösta B. Pettersson
Non-acidic Supraesophageal Reflux
Associated With Diffuse Alveolar
Damage and Allograft Dysfunction After
Lung Transplantation: A Case Report
Pages 564-567
Kevin D. Halsey, Arnold Wald, Keith C.
Meyer, Jose R. Torrealba, Eric A.
Gaumnitz
Successful Bridge to Transplant in a
Highly Sensitized Patient With a
Complicated Pump Pocket Infection
Pages 568-571
Edwin C. McGee Jr., William Cotts,
Anat R. Tambur, John Friedewald, John
Kim, John O'Connell, Suzanne Wallace,
Patrick M. McCarthy
Off-pump Exchange of Short-term
Percutaneous Ventricular Assist Device
(VAD) to Long-term Implantable VAD
in Severe Coagulopathy and Multi-organ
Failure
Pages 572-574
Jonas Busch, Zbiguiew Wojciechowski,
Guillermo Torre-Amione, Matthias
Loebe
Concomitant Eber-Positive
Lymphomatoid Papulosis and Malignant
Transformation of Colonic Polyposis in
a Heart Transplant Recipient
Pages 575-576
Wing-Yan Au, Siu-Hung Lo, Wai-lun
Law, Pek-Lan Khong, Tony W.H. Shek,
Wing-Hung Lau, Elaine M.C. Chau
Impact of Continuous Flow VADs on
End-Organ Function
Page 577
Ömer Sezer, Hans H. Scheld, Jürgen R.
Sindermann
The Journal of Heart and Lung
Transplantation
2008- 27:6
Articles
A Prospective, Multicenter Trial of the
VentrAssist Left Ventricular Assist
Device for Bridge to Transplant: Safety
and Efficacy
Pages 579-588
Donald Esmore, David Kaye, Phillip
Spratt, Robert Larbalestier, Peter
Ruygrok, Steven Tsui, Deborah Meyers,
Arnt E. Fiane, John Woodard
Plasma Biomarkers of Myocardial
Fibrosis and Remodeling in Terminal
Heart Failure Patients Supported by
Mechanical Circulatory Support Devices
Pages 589-596
Hendrik Milting, Peter Ellinghaus,
Michael Seewald, Hamdin Cakar, Birte
Bohms, Astrid Kassner, Reiner Körfer,
Martina Klein, Thomas Krahn, Lothar
Kruska, Aly El Banayosy, Frank Kramer
Risk Factors for Chagas' Disease
Reactivation After Heart Transplantation
Pages 597-602
Sílvia V. Campos, Tânia Mara V.
Strabelli, Vicente Amato Neto,
Christiano P. Silva, Fernando Bacal,
Edimar A. Bocchi, Noedir Antônio G.
Stolf
Delayed Onset of Cardiac Allograft
Vasculopathy by Induction Therapy
Using Anti-thymocyte Globulin
Pages 603-609
Ruoyu Zhang, Axel Haverich, Martin
Strüber, Andre Simon, Christoph Bara
Re-stenosis After Drug-eluting Stents in
Cardiac Allograft Vasculopathy
Pages 610-615
Raed A. Aqel, Bryan J. Wells, Fadi G.
Hage, Jose Tallaj, Raymond Benza,
Salpy Pamboukian, Barry Rayburn,
David McGiffin, James Kirklin, Robert
Bourge
Role for CD4+CD25+ T Cells in
Inhibition of Graft Rejection by
Extracorporeal Photopheresis
Pages 616-622
James F. George, Christie W. Gooden,
Wing Hong Guo, James K. Kirklin
Pre-transplant Quality of Life Does Not
Predict Survival After Lung
Transplantation
Pages 623-627
Karin M. Vermeulen, Elisabeth M.
TenVergert, Erik A.M. Verschuuren,
Michiel E. Erasmus, Wim van der Bij
Relative Impact of Human Leukocyte
Antigen Mismatching and Graft
Ischemic Time After Lung
Transplantation
Pages 628-634
Olivier Brugière, Gabriel Thabut,
Caroline Suberbielle, Martine ReynaudGaubert, Pascal Thomas, Christophe
Pison, Christel Saint Raymond, JeanFrançois Mornex, Michèle Bertocchi,
Claire Dromer, Jean-François Velly,
Marc Stern, Bruno Philippe, Gaëlle
Dauriat, Giuseppina Biondi, Yves
Castier, Michel Fournier
Assessment of Kidney Function in Lung
Transplant Candidates
Pages 635-641
Nadine Al-Naamani, Omar H. Maarouf,
Vivek N. Ahya, David J. Lederer, James
D. Mendez, Jessie S. Wilt, Alden M.
Doyle, Debbie Rybak, Frank D'Ovidio,
Joshua R. Sonett, Selim M. Arcasoy,
Thomas L. Nickolas, Steven M. Kawut
Histologic Damage of Lung Allografts
According to Magnitude of Acute
Rejection in the Re-isotransplant Model
Pages 642-648
Tsutomu Marui, Hisashi Iwata, Koyo
Shirahashi, Shinsuke Matsumoto,
Yoshimasa Mizuno, Masafumi Matsui,
Hirofumi Takemura
B-type Natriuretic Peptide Is a Sensitive
Screening Test for Acute Rejection in
Pediatric Heart Transplant Patients
Pages 649-654
Joseph W. Rossano, Susan W. Denfield,
Jeffrey J. Kim, Jack F. Price, John L.
Jefferies, Jamie A. Decker, E.O.'Brian
Smith, Sarah K. Clunie, Jeffrey A.
Towbin, William J. Dreyer
Increased Mortality After Pulmonary
Fungal Infection Within the First Year
After Pediatric Lung Transplantation
Pages 655-661
Lara A. Danziger-Isakov, Sarah Worley,
Susana Arrigain, Paul Aurora, Manfred
Ballmann, Debra Boyer, Carol Conrad,
Irmgard Eichler, Okan Elidemir, Samuel
Goldfarb, George B. Mallory Jr., Marian
G. Michaels, Peter Michelson, Peter J.
Mogayzel Jr., Daiva Parakininkas,
Melinda Solomon, Gary Visner, Stuart
Sweet, Albert Faro
Availability of Lungs for
Transplantation: Exploring the Real
Potential of the Donor Pool
Pages 662-667
Gregory I. Snell, Anne Griffiths,
Bronwyn J. Levvey, Takahiro Oto
Clinical Implications of Determining
BMPR2 Mutation Status in a Large
Cohort of Children and Adults With
Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension
Pages 668-674
Erika B. Rosenzweig, Jane H. Morse,
James A. Knowles, Kiran K. Chada,
Amar M. Khan, Kari E. Roberts, Jude J.
McElroy, Nicole K. Juskiw, Nicole C.
Mallory, Stuart Rich, Beverly Diamond,
Robyn J. Barst
Health-related Quality of Life After
Cardiac Transplantation: Results of a
UK National Survey With Norm-based
Comparisons
Pages 675-681
Imran Saeed, Chris Rogers, Andrew
Murday and Steering Group of the UK
Cardiothoracic Transplant Audit
Acute Myocardial Infarction Requiring
Mechanical Bridge to Transplantation in
a Patient With Undiagnosed Antiphospholipid Antibody Syndrome
Pages 682-684
Clifton C. Reade, Rohinton J. Morris,
Michael A. Acker, Mariell Jessup,
Michael K. Banbury, Y. Joseph Woo
Safety and Efficacy of Ezetimibe With
Low Doses of Simvastatin in Heart
Transplant Recipients
Pages 685-688
Candida C. Quarta, Luciano Potena,
Francesco Grigioni, Antonella Scalone,
Gaia Magnani, Fabio Coccolo,
Francesco Fallani, Antonio Russo,
Angelo Branzi
Heart Transplantation in a Patient With
Systemic Mastocytosis
Pages 689-691
José A. Moro, Luis Almenar, Isidro
Jarque, Luis Martinez-Dolz, Maria
Dolores Hernández, Marisa Crespo,
Antonio Salvador
Fatal Arterial Gas Embolism in an Adult
1 Year After Bilateral Sequential Lung
Transplantation
Pages 692-694
David B. Erasmus, Francisco Alvarez,
Cesar A. Keller
First Successful Bridge to Myocardial
Recovery With a HeartWare HVAD
Pages 695-697
Clare Wood, Andrew Maiorana, Robert
Larbalestier, Michael Lovett, Gillian
Green, Gerry O'Driscoll
What about Ventilatory Efficiency?
Page 698
Robert L. Bard
Giant Cell Myocarditis and Heart
Transplantation
Pages 698-699
Isaac Bendayán, Maria G. Crespo-Leiro,
Maria J. Paniagua-Martín, Vicente
Campos, Nicolás Vázquez-González,
Alfonso Castro-Beiras
Successful Cidofovir Treatment in an
Adult Heart Transplant Recipient with
Severe Adenovirus Pneumonia
Pages 699-700
Marwan Refaat, Dennis McNamara,
Jeffrey Teuteberg, Robert Kormos,
Kenneth McCurry, Michael Shullo,
Yoshiya Toyoda, Christian Bermudez
The Journal of Heart and Lung
Transplantation
2008- 27:7
Articles
Increased Expression of Stem Cell
Factor and Its Receptor After Left
Ventricular Assist Device Support: A
Potential Novel Target for Therapeutic
Interventions in Heart Failure
Pages 701-709
Jama Jahanyar, Keith A. Youker,
Guillermo Torre-Amione, Michael M.
Koerner, Brian Bruckner, George P.
Noon, Matthias Loebe
Location and Density of α- and βAdrenoreceptor Sub-types in
Myocardium After Mechanical Left
Ventricular Unloading
Pages 710-717
Pippa M. Schnee, Naeema Shah,
Marianne Bergheim, Brian J. Poindexter,
L. Maximilian Buja, Courtney
Gemmato, Branislav Radovancevic,
George V. Letsou, O. Howard Frazier,
Roger J. Bick
Placement of Long-term Implantable
Ventricular Assist Devices Without the
Use of Cardiopulmonary Bypass
Pages 718-721
Benjamin C. Sun, Michael S.
Firstenberg, Louis B. Louis, Antonio
Panza, Juan A. Crestanello, John Sirak,
Chittoor B. Sai-Sudhakar
C3d and C4d Deposition Early After
Lung Transplantation
Pages 722-728
Glen P. Westall, Greg I. Snell, Catriona
McLean, Tom Kotsimbos, Trevor
Williams, Cynthia Magro
Predictive Utility of the 6-Minute Walk
Distance on Survival in Patients
Awaiting Lung Transplantation
Pages 729-734
Michael Patrick Tuppin, Jennifer D.
Paratz, Angela T. Chang, Helen E.
Seale, James R. Walsh, Fiona D.
Kermeeen, Keith D. McNeil, Peter M.
Hopkins
Prognostic Relationship Between Two
Serial Determinations of B-type
Natriuretic Peptide and Medium–Longterm Events in Heart Transplantation
Pages 735-740
Luis Martínez-Dolz, Luis Almenar,
Isabel Hervás, José Moro, Jaime Agüero,
Ignacio Sánchez-Lázaro, Antonio
Mateo, Antonio Salvador
No Association Between Single
Nucleotide Polymorphisms and the
Development of Nephrotoxicity After
Orthotopic Heart Transplantation
Pages 741-745
Bärbel Klauke, Andreas Wirth, Armin
Zittermann, Birte Bohms, Gero
Tenderich, Reiner Körfer, Hendrik
Milting
Survival and Quality of Life in Patients
With Cardiac Resynchronization
Therapy for Severe Heart Failure and in
Heart Transplant Recipients Within a
Contemporary Heart Failure
Management Program
Pages 746-752
Michael Becker, Nora Erdmann, Emilia
Stegemann, Dirk Benke, Patrick N.
Schauerte, Wolfgang M. Schaefer,
Ruediger Autschbach, Malte Kelm,
Karl-Christian Koch
Current State of Combined Heart–Liver
Transplantation in the United States
Pages 753-759
Helen S. Te, Allen S. Anderson, J.
Michael Millis, Valluvan Jeevanandam,
Donald M. Jensen
Follow-up Study on the Utility of von
Willebrand Factor Levels in the
Diagnosis of Cardiac Allograft
Vasculopathy
Pages 760-766
Luis Martínez-Dolz, Luis Almenar,
Eldemiro Reganon, Virtudes Vila,
Carlos Chamorro, Luis Andrés, Vicenta
Martínez-Sales, Jose Moro, Jaime
Agüero, Ignacio Sánchez-Lázaro,
Antonio Salvador
Regional Heterogeneity of Decreased
Myocardial Norepinephrine and
Increased Lipid Peroxidation Levels in
Patients With End-stage Failing Heart
Secondary to Dilated or Ischemic
Cardiomyopathy
Pages 767-774
Luc Rochette, Etienne Tatou, Catherine
Vergely, Véronique Maupoil, Olivier
Bouchot, Claude Mossiat, Sahed
Jazayeri, Salima Benkhadra, Roger
Brenot, Claude Girard, Michel David
Quilty Effect Areas Are Frequently
Associated With Endocardial C4d
Deposition
Pages 775-779
Luis C. Cano, Ariel A. Arteta, Ricardo
Fernández, José A. Lopez GarcíaAsenjo, Susana Hernández, Darío
Fernández, Luis F. Arias
Continuous Hemodynamic Monitoring
in Patients With Pulmonary Arterial
Hypertension
Pages 780-788
Robert P. Frantz, Raymond L. Benza,
Barbro Kjellström, Robert C. Bourge,
Robyn J. Barst, Tom D. Bennett,
Michael D. McGoon
Reoperative Cardiac Surgery After
Long-term Ventricular Support Therapy
Pages 789-791
Juan M. Aranda Jr., Tomas D. Martin,
Dana D. Leach, Charles T. Klodell Jr.
Successful Orthotopic Heart Transplant
in an Infant With an Inflammatory
Myofibroblastic Tumor of the Left
Ventricle
Pages 792-796
Michael V. Di Maria, David N.
Campbell, Maxwell B. Mitchell, Mark
A. Lovell, Biagio A. Pietra, Shelley D.
Miyamoto
Everolimus-related Pulmonary Toxicity
in Heart Transplant Recipients
Pages 797-800
Victor Expósito, Jose A. Vázquez de
Prada, Jose J. Gómez-Román, Francisco
González-Vilchez, Miguel LlanoCardenal, Tamara García-Camarero,
Mónica Fernández-Valls, Javier Ruano,
Rafael Martín-Durán
Successful Management of
Immunosuppression in a Patient With
Severe Hyperammonemia After Lung
Transplantation
Pages 801-803
Susan D. Moffatt-Bruce, Todd
Pesavento, John Von Viger, David
Nunley, Amy Pope-Harman, Stanley
Martin, Patrick Ross
Multidrug-resistant Acinetobacter
baumannii Pneumonia in Lung
Transplant Recipients
Pages 804-807
Madhuri M. Sopirala, Amy PopeHarman, David R. Nunley, Susan
Moffatt-Bruce, Patrick Ross, Stanley I.
Martin
Unexplained Chronic Anemia and
Leukopenia in Lung Transplant
Recipients Secondary to Parvovirus B19
Infection
Pages 808-811
Kiran Shekar, Peter M. Hopkins, Fiona
D. Kermeen, John J. Dunning, Keith D.
McNeil
Development of A Murine Ventricular
Assist Device Transcutaneous DriveLine Model
Pages 812-814
Manuel Prinz von Bayern, Carlos
Arrecubieta, Sim Oz, Hirokazu Akashi,
Martin Cedeiras, Yoshifumi Naka,
Mario C. Deng, Franklin D. Lowy
Drotrecogin Alfa (Activated) in Septic
Shock After Lung Transplant
Page 815
Paolo Feltracco, Federico Rea, Carlo Ori
Organ Donation After Brain Death After
Long-Term Left Ventricular Mechanical
Support
Pages 815-816
Michael S. Firstenberg, Louis B. Louis,
Chittoor B. Sai-Sudhakar, Benjamin C.
Sun
The Journal of Heart and Lung
Transplantation
2008- 27:8
Articles
Utility of the Cylex Assay in Cardiac
Transplant Recipients
Pages 817-822
Sachin Gupta, Joshua D. Mitchell, David
W. Markham, Pradeep P.A. Mammen,
Parag C. Patel, Patricia A. Kaiser, Peter
Stastny, W. Steves Ring, J. Michael
DiMaio, Mark H. Drazner
Autologous Stem Cell Transplant after
Heart Transplant for Light Chain (AL)
Amyloid Cardiomyopathy
Pages 823-829
Martha Q. Lacy, Angela Dispenzieri,
Suzanne R. Hayman, Shaji Kumar,
Robert A. Kyle, S. Vincent Rajkumar,
Brooks S. Edwards, Richard J.
Rodeheffer, Robert P. Frantz, Sudhir S.
Kushwaha, Alfredo L. Clavell, Joseph
A. Dearani, Thoralf M. Sundt, Richard
C. Daly, Christopher G.A. McGregor,
Dennis A. Gastineau, Mark R. Litzow,
Morie A. Gertz
Long-term Outcomes of Heart
Transplantation in Older Recipients
Pages 830-834
Daniel Marelli, Jon Kobashigawa,
Michele A. Hamilton, Jaime D.
Moriguchi, Reza Kermani, Abbas
Ardehali, Jignesh Patel, Emily Noguchi,
Ramin Beygui, Hillel Laks, Mark
Plunkett, Richard Shemin, Fardad
Esmailian
Interleukin-2 Receptor Antagonists as
Induction Therapy After Heart
Transplantation: Systematic Review
With Meta-Analysis of Randomized
Trials
Pages 835-842
Christian H. Møller, Finn Gustafsson,
Christian Gluud, Daniel A. Steinbrüchel
Airway Colonization and Gastric
Aspiration After Lung Transplantation:
Do Birds of a Feather Flock Together?
Pages 843-849
Robin Vos, Kathleen Blondeau, Bart M.
Vanaudenaerde, Veerle Mertens, Dirk E.
Van Raemdonck, Daniel Sifrim, Lieven
J. Dupont, Geert M. Verleden
Post-transplant Colonization With NonAspergillus Molds and Risk of
Development of Invasive Fungal Disease
in Lung Transplant Recipients
Pages 850-855
Fernanda P. Silveira, Eun J. Kwak,
David L. Paterson, Joseph M. Pilewski,
Kenneth R. McCurry, Shahid Husain
Tacrolimus Treatment Effectively
Inhibits Progression of Obliterative
Airway Disease Even at Later Stages of
Disease Development
Pages 856-864
Maria Hollmén, Jussi M. Tikkanen,
Antti I. Nykänen, Petri K. Koskinen,
Karl B. Lemström
Retention of Left Ventricular Assist
Device Outflow Grafts After
Transplantation
Pages 865-868
William E. Cohn, Vid Fikfak, Igor D.
Gregoric, O.H. Frazier
Which Factors Predict the Recovery of
Natural Heart Function After Insertion
of a Left Ventricular Assist System?
Pages 869-874
A. Mano, T. Nakatani, N. Oda, T. Kato,
K. Niwaya, O. Tagusari, H. Nakajima,
T. Funatsu, S. Hashimoto, K.
Komamura, A. Hanatani, I.H. Ueda, M.
Kitakaze, J. Kobayashi, T. Yagihara, S.
Kitamura
Ganciclovir for Cytomegalovirus: a Call
for Indefinite Prophylaxis in Lung
Transplantation
Pages 875-881
Vincent G. Valentine, David Weill,
Meera R. Gupta, Brad Raper, Stephanie
G. LaPlace, Gisele A. Lombard, Ryan
W. Bonvillain, David E. Taylor,
Gundeep S. Dhillon
Prolonged Mechanical Unloading
Reduces Myofilament Sensitivity to
Calcium and Sarcoplasmic Reticulum
Calcium Uptake Leading to Contractile
Dysfunction
Pages 882-889
Gopal K.R. Soppa, Joon Lee, Mark A.
Stagg, Urszula Siedlecka, Samuel
Youssef, Magdi H. Yacoub, Cesare
M.N. Terracciano
Pre-arrest Administration of the Cellpermeable Free Radical Scavenger
Tempol Reduces Warm Ischemic
Damage of Lung Function in Non–
Heart-beating Donors
Pages 890-897
Daniel Hodyc, Olga Hnilickova, Vaclav
Hampl, Jan Herget
Long-term Health-related Quality of Life
and Walking Capacity of Lung
Recipients With and Without
Bronchiolitis Obliterans Syndrome
Pages 898-904
Margaret W. Gerbase, Paola M. Soccal,
Anastase Spiliopoulos, Laurent P.
Nicod, Thierry Rochat
Predicting Glomerular Filtration Rate in
Heart Transplant Recipients Using
Serum Creatinine–based Equations With
Cimetidine
Pages 905-909
Navdeep Tangri, Ahsan Alam, Nadia
Giannetti, Michael B. deEdwardes,
Marcelo Cantarovich
Native Valve Aspergillus Endocarditis
Complicating Lung Transplantation
Pages 910-913
Toby M. Maher, Martin R. Carby, Anne
V. Hall, Nicholas R. Banner, Margaret
M. Burke, Gilles D. Dreyfus
Rapid Carvedilol Up-titration in
Hospitalized Patients With Systolic
Heart Failure
Pages 914-916
Manuel Martínez-Sellés, Tomás Datino,
Marta Alhama, Nelida Barrueco, Isabel
Castillo, Francisco Fernández-Avilés
Catheter Ablation of Recipient-to-donor
Atrioatrial Conduction With
Wenckebach-like Phenomenon After
Orthotopic Heart Transplantation
Pages 917-920
Konstantinos P. Letsas, Reinhold Weber,
Thomas Arentz, Dietrich Kalusche
Sirolimus Amelioration of Clinical
Symptoms of Recurrent
Lymphangioleiomyomatosis After
Living-donor Lobar Lung
Transplantation
Pages 921-924
Ryujiro Sugimoto, Atsunori Nakao,
Masaomi Yamane, Shinichi Toyooka,
Megumi Okazaki, Motoi Aoe, Kuniaki
Seyama, Hiroshi Date, Takahiro Oto,
Yoshifumi Sano
Successful Treatment of Rotary Pump
Thrombus With the Glycoprotein IIb/IIIa
Inhibitor Tirofiban
Pages 925-927
Martin D. Thomas, Clare Wood, Mike
Lovett, Lawrence Dembo, Gerry
O'Driscoll
Epstein–Barr Virus Polymerase Chain
Reaction–negative Stage IV Posttransplant Lymphoproliferative Disorder
in a Heart Transplant Patient Treated
With Rituximab
Pages 928-931
Patrick Garceau, Christian Couture,
Bernard Cantin, Vincent Bernier, Mario
Sénéchal
Gene Expression Profiles of Patients
With Antibody-Mediated Rejection
After Cardiac Transplantation
Pages 932-934
Martin Cadeiras, Manuel Bayern,
Elizabeth Burke, Russell Dedrick,
Anatasia Gangadin, Farhana Latif,
Khurram Shazad, Anshu Sinha, Esteban
G. Tabak, Charles C. Marboe, Andrea C.
Califano, Mario C. Deng
Clenbuterol Impairs Muscle Quality and
is Potentially Dangerous
Pages 934-935
Dirk Habedank, Martin Steeg, Stefan D.
Anker
A Word of Caution for Patients
Undergoing Lung Transplantation With
Associated Mitral Regurgitation
Pages 935-936
Abdel-Mohsen Hamad, Giovanna
Rizzardi, Tommaso Bottio, Gino Gerosa,
Federico Rea
The Journal of Heart and Lung
Transplantation
2008- 27:9
Articles
Registry of the International Society for
Heart and Lung Transplantation: A
Quarter Century of Thoracic
Transplantation
Pages 937-942
Marshall I. Hertz, Paul Aurora, Jason D.
Christie, Fabienne Dobbels, Leah B.
Edwards, Richard Kirk, Anna Y.
Kucheryavaya, Axel O. Rahmel,
Amanda W. Rowe, David O. Taylor
Registry of the International Society for
Heart and Lung Transplantation:
Twenty-fifth Official Adult Heart
Transplant Report—2008
Pages 943-956
David O. Taylor, Leah B. Edwards, Paul
Aurora, Jason D. Christie, Fabienne
Dobbels, Richard Kirk, Axel O. Rahmel,
Anna Y. Kucheryavaya, Marshall I.
Hertz
Registry of the International Society for
Heart and Lung Transplantation:
Twenty-fifth Official Adult Lung and
Heart/Lung Transplantation Report—
2008
Pages 957-969
Jason D. Christie, Leah B. Edwards,
Paul Aurora, Fabienne Dobbels, Richard
Kirk, Axel O. Rahmel, David O. Taylor,
Anna Y. Kucheryavaya, Marshall I.
Hertz
Registry of the International Society for
Heart and Lung Transplantation:
Eleventh Official Pediatric Heart
Transplantation Report—2008
Pages 970-977
Richard Kirk, Leah B. Edwards, Paul
Aurora, David O. Taylor, Jason Christie,
Fabienne Dobbels, Anna Y.
Kucheryavaya, Axel O. Rahmel,
Marshall I. Hertz
Registry of the International Society for
Heart and Lung Transplantation:
Eleventh Official Pediatric Lung and
Heart/Lung Transplantation Report—
2008
Pages 978-983
Paul Aurora, Leah B. Edwards, Jason
Christie, Fabienne Dobbels, Richard
Kirk, Anna Y. Kucheryavaya, Axel O.
Rahmel, David O. Taylor, Marshall I.
Hertz
New Insights in the Management of
Cardiogenic Shock Complicating
Myocardial Infarction: Role of Urgent
Heart Transplantation
Pages 984-989
Dabit Arzamendi, Ana Garcia-Alvarez,
Eulalia Roig, Begoña Benito, Ricardo
Kiamco, Felix Perez-Villa, Pablo LomaOsorio, Xavier Bosch, Jose Luis Pomar,
Ramon Cartaña, Manel Castella, Monica
Massotti, Amadeo Betriu
Cylex ImmuKnow Assay Levels Are
Lower in Lung Transplant Recipients
With Infection
Pages 990-994
Sangeeta M. Bhorade, Kelli Janata,
Wickii T. Vigneswaran, Charles G.
Alex, Edward R. Garrity
The Killer Immunoglobulin-Like
Receptor (KIR) Group A Haplotype is
Associated With Bronchiolitis
Obliterans Syndrome After Lung
Transplantation
Pages 995-1001
Johanna M. Kwakkel-van Erp, Ed A.
van de Graaf, Annelieke W.M.
Paantjens, Walter G.J. van Ginkel,
Jennifer Schellekens, Diana A. van
Kessel, Jules M.M. van den Bosch,
Henny G. Otten
Choices: a Study of Preferences for Endof-life Treatments in Patients With
Advanced Heart Failure
Pages 1002-1007
Jane MacIver, Vivek Rao, Diego H.
Delgado, Nimesh Desai, Joan Ivanov,
Susan Abbey, Heather J. Ross
Low-flow Perfusion of Guinea Pig
Isolated Hearts With 26°C Air-saturated
Lifor Solution for 20 Hours Preserves
Function and Metabolism
Pages 1008-1015
David F. Stowe, Amadou K.S. Camara,
James S. Heisner, Mohammed
Aldakkak, David R. Harder
Impact of Topical Cooling Solution and
Prediction of Pulmonary Graft Viability
From Non–heart-beating Donors
Pages 1016-1022
Ilhan Inci, Stephan Arni, Demet Inci,
Wei Zhai, Sven Hillinger, Boris
Leskosek, Peter Vogt, Walter Weder
Effect of Hypertonic Saline Pretreatment on Ischemia–Reperfusion
Lung Injury in Pig
Pages 1023-1030
Antoine Roch, Matthias Castanier,
Vincent Mardelle, Delphine Trousse,
Valérie Marin, Jean-Philippe Avaro,
Anne-Marie Tasei, Dorothée Blayac,
Pierre Michelet, Thierry Fusai, Laurent
Papazian
Heterotopic Rat Heart Transplantation
(Lewis to F344): Early ICAM-1
Expression After 8 Hours of Cold
Ischemia
Pages 1031-1035
Volkmar Lange, André Renner, Martina
R. Sagstetter, Maria Lazariotou, Harry
Harms, Jan F. Gummert, Rainer G.
Leyh, Olaf Elert
Peri-operative Alemtuzumab (Campath1H) and Plasmapheresis for High-PRA
Positive Lymphocyte Crossmatch Heart
Transplant: A Strategy to Shorten Left
Ventricular Assist Device Support
Pages 1036-1039
Scott D. Lick, Smita Vaidya, Andras C.
Kollar, Paul J. Boor, Roger A. Vertrees
Non–Heart-beating Lung Donation:
How Big is the Pool?
Pages 1040-1042
Danielle M. Nijkamp, Wim van der Bij,
Erik A.M. Verschuuren, Martin B.A.
Heemskerk, Erwin de Buijzer, Michiel
E. Erasmus
Prolonged Basiliximab Use as an
Alternative to Calcineurin Inhibition to
Allow Renal Recovery Late After Heart
Transplantation
Pages 1043-1045
Anjali Anselm, Marcelo Cantarovich,
Ross Davies, Jackie Grenon, Haissam
Haddad
Native Lung-sparing Lobar
Transplantation for Pulmonary
Emphysema
Pages 1046-1049
Masaomi Yamane, Daisuke Okutani,
Seiichiro Sugimoto, Shinichi Toyooka,
Motoi Aoe, Megumi Okazaki,
Yoshifumi Sano, Hiroshi Date
Late Allograft Failure After Heart
Transplantation: 2 Unusual Cases
Pages 1050-1054
Barry A. Boilson, Dylan V. Miller,
Naveen L. Pereira
Late Unilateral Pulmonary Edema in
Single Lung Transplant Recipients
Pages 1055-1058
Olufemi Akindipe, Sebastian FernandezBussy, Edward D. Staples, Maher Baz
Amiodarone Pulmonary Toxicity After
Lung Transplantation
Pages 1059-1063
Enrique Diaz-Guzman, Eduardo
Mireles-Cabodevila, Andrea Arrossi,
Jeffrey P. Kanne, Marie Budev
The Journal of Heart and Lung
Transplantation
2008- 27:10
Articles
INTERMACS Database for Durable
Devices for Circulatory Support: First
Annual Report
Pages 1065-1072
James K. Kirklin, David C. Naftel,
Lynne Warner Stevenson, Robert L.
Kormos, Francis D. Pagani, Marissa A.
Miller, Karen Ulisney, James B. Young
Complement Fragment C4d and C3d
Deposition in Pediatric Heart
Receipients With a Positive Crossmatch
Pages 1073-1078
Dudley B. Holt, Helen Liapis,
Thalchallour Mohanakumar, Donna R.
Phelan, Sanjiv K. Gandi, Charles B.
Huddleston, Charles E. Canter
Developmental Outcomes After
Pediatric Heart Transplantation
Pages 1079-1084
Richard E. Chinnock, M. Catherin
Freier, Stephen Ashwal, Jamie PivonkaJones, Tamara Shankel, Drew Cutler,
Leonard Bailey
ABO-Incompatible Heart
Transplantation in Infants: Analysis of
the United Network for Organ Sharing
Database
Pages 1085-1089
Nishant D. Patel, Eric S. Weiss, Janet
Scheel, Duke E. Cameron, Luca A.
Vricella
Late Outcomes of Pediatric Heart
Transplantation Are Independent of Pretransplant Diagnosis and Prior Cardiac
Surgical Intervention
Pages 1090-1095
Beatrice Dionigi, Anees J. Razzouk,
Nahidh W. Hasaniya, Richard E.
Chinnock, Leonard L. Bailey
Differences in Pulsatile and Nonpulsatile Mechanical Circulatory
Support in Long-Term Use
Pages 1096-1101
Thorsten Drews, Michael Jurmann,
Dandel Michael, Pasic Miralem, Yuguo
Weng, Roland Hetzer
Tricuspid Annular Motion as a Predictor
of Severe Right Ventricular Failure
After Left Ventricular Assist Device
Implantation
Pages 1102-1107
Sarinya Puwanant, Karen K. Hamilton,
Charles T. Klodell, James A. Hill,
Richard S. Schofield, Timothy S.
Cleeton, Daniel F. Pauly, Juan M.
Aranda Jr
Influence of New Eurotransplant Heart
Allocation Policy on Outcome of Heart
Transplant Candidates in Germany
Pages 1108-1114
Takeshi Komoda, Roland Hetzer, Hans
B. Lehmkuhl
Induction Therapy With Thymoglobulin
After Heart Transplantation: Impact of
Therapy Duration on Lymphocyte
Depletion and Recovery, Rejection, and
Cytomegalovirus Infection Rates
Pages 1115-1121
Sorel Goland, Lawrence S.C. Czer,
Bernice Coleman, Michele A. De
Robertis, James Mirocha, Kaveh Zivari,
Ernst R. Schwarz, Robert M. Kass,
Alfredo Trento
Repeat Heart–Lung Transplantation
Outcome in the United States
Pages 1122-1127
Jeffrey H. Shuhaiber, Jong Bae Kim,
Robert D. Gibbons
Is Lymphocytic Bronchiolitis a Marker
of Acute Rejection? An Analysis of
2,697 Transbronchial Biopsies After
Lung Transplantation
Pages 1128-1134
Christopher M. Burton, Martin Iversen,
Thomas Scheike, Jørn Carlsen, Claus B.
Andersen
Avoidance of Calcineurin Inhibitors
With Use of Proliferation Signal
Inhibitors in De Novo Heart
Transplantation With Renal Failure
Pages 1135-1141
Francisco González-Vílchez, José
Antonio Vázquez de Prada, Víctor
Exṕosito, Tamara García-Camarero,
Leticia Fernández-Friera, Miguel Llano,
Javier Ruano, Rafael Martín-Durán
Priming Donor Lungs With
Thioredoxin-1 Attenuates Acute
Allograft Injury in a Rat Model of Lung
Transplantation
Pages 1142-1149
Hanbo Hu, Li Lu, Wei Mu, Richard J.
Johnson, Edward R. Block, Jawaharlal
M. Patel
Successful Sub-zero Non-freezing
Preservation of Rat Lungs at −2°C
Utilizing a New Supercooling
Technology
Pages 1150-1157
Toshihiro Okamoto, Takayuki
Nakamura, Jitian Zhang, Akihiro
Aoyama, Fengshi Chen, Takuji
Fujinaga, Tsuyoshi Shoji, Hiroshi
Hamakawa, Hiroaki Sakai, Toshiaki
Manabe, Hiromi Wada, Hiroshi Date,
Toru Bando
Constrictive Pericarditis After Cardiac
Transplantation: A Case Report and
Literature Review
Pages 1158-1161
Rahul Kumar, Daniel W. Entrikin,
William O. Ntim, J. Jeffrey Carr,
Edward H. Kincaid, Michael H. Hines,
Timothy E. Oaks, Vinay Thohan
Transfer of Peanut Allergy From the
Donor to a Lung Transplant Recipient
Pages 1162-1164
Imran Khalid, Edward Zoratti, Lisa
Stagner, Alan D. Betensley, Hasan
Nemeh, Lisa Allenspach
Extradural Thoracic Spinal Cord
Compression: Unusual Initial
Presentation of Post-transplant
Lymphoproliferative Disorder
Pages 1165-1168
Nicholas A. Bakker, J. Marc C. van
Dijk, Riemer H.J.A. Slart, Maarten H.
Coppes, Gustaaf W. van Imhoff, Eric
A.M. Verschuuren
Patient With Hypofibrinolysis-mediated
Thromboembolism Converted to a
Hypercoagulable/Hyperfibrinolytic State
via Ventricular Assist Device Placement
Pages 1169-1171
Vance G. Nielsen, James K. Kirklin,
William L. Holman, James F. George,
Truitt C. Ellis, Brad L. Steenwyk
Soluble CD30 Measured After Lung
Transplantation Does Not Predict
Bronchiolitis Obliterans Syndrome in a
Tacrolimus/Mycophenolate Mofetil–
based Immunosuppressive Regimen
Pages 1172-1175
Johanna M. Kwakkel-van Erp, Henny G.
Otten, Annelieke W.M. Paantjens, Diana
A. van Kessel, Walter G.J. van Ginkel,
Jules M.M. van den Bosch, Ed A. van de
Graaf
Fatal Mycobacterium tuberculosis
Infection in a Lung Transplant Recipient
Pages 1176-1178
Robyn L. Boedefeld, Joshua Eby,
William M. Boedefeld II, Dirk Stanley,
Christine L. Lau, John A. Kern,
Benjamin D. Kozower
Bronchovascular Fistula Formation: A
Rare Airway Complication After Lung
Transplantation
Pages 1179-1185
Jennifer Knight, Jean M. Elwing, Aaron
Milstone
Use of Extracorporeal Membrane
Oxygenation as a Bridge to Primary
Lung Transplant: 3 Consecutive,
Successful Cases and a Review of the
Literature
Page 1186
Pekka Hämmäinen
Risk Factors for Trypanosoma Cruzi
Infection Reactivation in Chagas' Heart
Transplant Recipients: Do they Exist?
Pages 1186-1187
Tatiana A.D. Theodoropoulos, Reinaldo
B. Bestetti
Body Habitus and Survival in Pediatric
Heart Transplant Patients
Pages 1187-1188
Joseph W. Rossano, E. O'Brian Smith,
Susan W. Denfield
Life-threatening Right Ventricular
Failure in Pulmonary Hypertension:
RVAD or ECMO?
Pages 1188-1189
Marius Berman, Steven Tsui, Alain
Vuylsteke, Andrew Klein, David P.
Jenkins
The Journal of Heart and Lung
Transplantation
2008 – 27:11
Articles
The Modification of Diet in Renal
Disease (MDRD) and the Prediction of
Kidney Outcomes After Lung
Transplantation
Pages 1191-1197
Nadine Al-Naamani, Omar H. Maarouf,
Jessie S. Wilt, Matthew Bacchetta, Frank
D'Ovidio, Joshua R. Sonett, Selim M.
Arcasoy, David J. Lederer, Thomas L.
Nickolas, Steven M. Kawut
Dapsone-induced Hemolytic Anemia in
Lung Allograft Recipients
Pages 1198-1202
Priyumvada M. Naik, G. Marshall Lyon
III, Allan Ramirez, E. Clinton Lawrence,
David C. Neujahr, Seth Force, Andres
Pelaez
Surveillance Bronchoscopy in Lung
Transplant Recipients: Risk versus
Benefit
Pages 1203-1209
Tanya J. McWilliams, Trevor J.
Williams, Helen M. Whitford, Gregory
I. Snell
Azithromycin Attenuates Effects of
Lipopolysaccharide on Lung Allograft
Bronchial Epithelial Cells
Pages 1210-1216
Desmond M. Murphy, Ian A. Forrest,
Paul A. Corris, Gail E. Johnson, Therese
Small, Debbie Jones, Andrew J. Fisher,
Jim J. Egan, Timothy E. Cawston, James
L. Lordan, Chris Ward
Infectious Complications in Extended
Criteria Heart Transplantation
Pages 1217-1221
Keshava Rajagopal, Brian Lima,
Rebecca P. Petersen, Rachel G. Mesis,
Mani A. Daneshmand, Anthony
Lemaire, G. Michael Felker, Adrian F.
Hernandez, Joseph G. Rogers, Andrew J.
Lodge, Carmelo A. Milano
Allograft Vasculopathy
Outcomes of Bare Metal versus Drugeluting Stents in Allograft Vasculopathy
Pages 1222-1228
Proddutur R. Reddy, Akhil Gulati,
Lowell Steen, James Sinacore,
Ferdinand Leya, Alain Heroux
Ex Vivo Reconditioning of Marginal
Donor Lungs Injured by Acid Aspiration
Pages 1229-1236
Ilhan Inci, Luca Ampollini, Stephan
Arni, Wolfgang Jungraithmayr, Demet
Inci, Sven Hillinger, Boris Leskosek,
Peter Vogt, Walter Weder
Effect of Anti-oxidant Treatment on
Hyperhomocysteinemia-induced
Myocardial Fibrosis and Diastolic
Dysfunction
Pages 1237-1241
Jacob Joseph, Lija Joseph, Sulochana
Devi, Richard H. Kennedy
Determinants of Bioartificial Myocardial
Graft Survival and Engraftment In Vivo
Pages 1242-1250
Knut Mueller-Stahl, Theo Kofidis,
Payam Akhyari, Darren H.L. Lee, Andre
Lenz, Eliana C. Martinez, Felix Woitek,
Axel Haverich
Failing Heart-Medical Aspects
Clinical Heart Transplantation
Incremental Value of N-terminal Pro–
Brain Natriuretic Peptide Over Left
Ventricle Ejection Fraction and Aerobic
Capacity for Estimating Prognosis in
Heart Failure Patients
Pages 1251-1256
Manolis S. Kallistratos, Athanasios
Dritsas, Ioannis D. Laoutaris, Dennis V.
Cokkinos
An Unusual Presentation of Posttransplant Lymphoproliferative Disorder
Mimicking Vasculitis in Heart
Transplantation
Pages 1257-1261
David L. Murray, Naveen L. Pereira,
Dylan V. Miller
Successful Double Lung Transplantation
in 2 Patients With Severe Scoliosis
Pages 1262-1264
Jang Wen Su, David P. Mason, Sudish
C. Murthy, Marie M. Budev, Atul C.
Mehta, Ryan Goodwin, Gosta B.
Pettersson
Klebsiella oxytoca Necrotizing Fasciitis
After Orthotopic Heart Transplant
Pages 1265-1267
Rebecca Greer-Bayramoglu, Damir B.
Matic, Bob Kiaii, Amanda J. Fortin
The Journal of Heart and Lung
Transplantation
2008 – 27:12
McCormick, Carine A. Laporte, Jeffrey
E. Cohen, Kevin W. Southerland, Jessica
L. Howard, Mariell L. Jessup, Rohinton
J. Morris, Michael A. Acker, Y. Joseph
Woo
Articles
Fusion of Aortic Valve Commissures in
Patients Supported by a Continuous
Axial Flow Left Ventricular Assist
Device
Pages 1269-1274
James O. Mudd, Jonathan D. Cuda,
Marc Halushka, Karl A. Soderlund, John
V. Conte, Stuart D. Russell
Tricuspid Incompetence and Geometry
of the Right Ventricle as Predictors of
Right Ventricular Function After
Implantation of a Left Ventricular Assist
Device
Pages 1275-1281
Evgenij V. Potapov, Alexander
Stepanenko, Michael Dandel, Marian
Kukucka, Hans B. Lehmkuhl, Yuguo
Weng, Felix Hennig, Thomas Krabatsch,
Roland Hetzer
Changes in Regulatory MicroRNA
Expression in Myocardium of Heart
Failure Patients on Left Ventricular
Assist Device Support
Pages 1282-1285
Marguérite E.I. Schipper, Joyce van
Kuik, Nicholas de Jonge, Hub F.J.
Dullens, Roel A. de Weger
Risk Score Derived from Pre-operative
Data Analysis Predicts the Need for
Biventricular Mechanical Circulatory
Support
Pages 1286-1292
J. Raymond Fitzpatrick III, John R.
Frederick, Vivian M. Hsu, Elliott D.
Kozin, Mary Lou O'Hara, Elan Howell,
Deborah Dougherty, Ryan C.
Value of FOXP3 Expression in
Peripheral Blood as Rejection Marker
After Miniature Swine Lung
Transplantation
Pages 1293-1301
Naoki Satoda, Tsuyoshi Shoji, Yanling
Wu, Takuji Fujinaga, Fengshi Chen,
Akihiro Aoyama, Ji Tian Zhang, Ayuko
Takahashi, Toshihiro Okamoto, Izumi
Matsumoto, Hiroaki Sakai, Ying Li,
Xiangdong Zhao, Toshiaki Manabe, Eiji
Kobayashi, Shimon Sakaguchi, Hiromi
Wada, Hidenori Ohe, Shinji Uemoto,
Junichi Tottori, et al.
Attenuation of Obliterative Bronchiolitis
by a CXCR4 Antagonist in the Murine
Heterotopic Tracheal Transplant Model
Pages 1302-1310
Jianguo Xu, Edilson Torres, Ana L.
Mora, Hyunsuk Shim, Allan Ramirez,
David Neujahr, Kenneth L. Brigham,
Mauricio Rojas
Immunosuppression
Proliferation Signal Inhibitor–induced
Decrease of Vascular Endothelial
Cadherin Expression and Increase of
Endothelial Permeability In Vitro Are
Prevented by an Anti-oxidant
Pages 1311-1318
Melinda Oroszlán, Michael Bieri,
Nathalie Ligeti, Aniko Farkas, Simon C.
Koestner, Bernhard Meier, Paul J.
Mohacsi
Technique for Prolonged Normothermic
Ex Vivo Lung Perfusion
Pages 1319-1325
Marcelo Cypel, Jonathan C. Yeung, Shin
Hirayama, Matthew Rubacha, Stefan
Fischer, Masaki Anraku, Masaaki Sato,
Stephen Harwood, Andrew Pierre,
Thomas K. Waddell, Marc de Perrot,
Mingyao Liu, Shaf Keshavjee
Pseudoaneurysm of Ascending Aorta
After Biventricular Assist Device
Support
Pages 1348-1349
Jeffrey Shuhaiber, Hassan Nemeh,
Jeffrey Schwartz
Pulmonary Hypertension
Influence of Donor Cocaine Use on
Outcome After Cardiac Transplantation:
Analysis of the United Network for
Organ Sharing Thoracic Registry
Pages 1350-1352
Andreas Brieke, Rajan Krishnamani,
Michael J. Rocha, Wenjun Li, Richard
D. Patten, Marvin A. Konstam, Ayan R.
Patel, James E. Udelson, David
DeNofrio
Long-term Inhaled Nitric Oxide Plus
Phosphodiesterase 5 Inhibitors for
Severe Pulmonary Hypertension
Pages 1326-1332
Gregorio Miguel Pérez-Peñate, Gabriel
Juliá-Serdà, Nazario Ojeda-Betancort,
Antonio García-Quintana, Juan PulidoDuque, Aurelio Rodríguez-Pérez, Pedro
Cabrera-Navarro, Miguel Angel GómezSánchez
Transplantation Immunology
CXCL12 Induction of Inducible Nitric
Oxide Synthase in Human CD8 T Cells
Pages 1333-1339
Jonathan C. Choy, Tai Yi, Deepak A.
Rao, George Tellides, Karen Fox-Talbot,
William M. Baldwin III, Jordan S. Pober
Experimental Transplantation
Human, Bovine and Porcine Systematic
Vascular Input Impedances Are Not
Equivalent: Implications for Device
Testing and Xenotransplantation in
Heart Failure
Pages 1340-1347
Steven C. Koenig, Guruprasad A.
Giridharan, Daniel L. Ewart, Mark J.
Schroeder, Constantine Ionan, Mark S.
Slaughter, Michael Sobieski, George M.
Pantalos, Robert D. Dowling, Sumanth
D. Prabhu
Case Reports
Mannose-binding Lectin Deficiency
Offers Protection From Acute Graft
Rejection After Heart Transplantation
Pages 1353-1356
James E. Fildes, Steven M. Shaw,
Antony H. Walker, Michael McAlindon,
Simon G. Williams, Brian G. Keevil,
Nizar Yonan
Antibody-mediated Rejection Without
Acute Graft Dysfunction in Adult ABOcompatible Heart Transplantation: a
Case of Accommodation
Pages 1357-1360
Annalisa Angelini, Chiara Castellani,
Francesca Poli, Elena Benazzi, Gianluca
Torregrossa, Francesco Tona, Antonio
Gambino, Alida P. Caforio, Giuseppe
Feltrin, Giuseppe Toscano, Marialuisa
Valente, Gaetano Thiene, Gino Gerosa