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A Massachusetts General Hospital investigator explains how the innovative DCD practice addresses both waitlist issues and transplant center's capabilities.

How Donation After Cardiac Death Heart Transplants Are Benefitting Care Centers

The Massachusetts General Hospital investigator discusses how LVADs and mechanical circulatory supports have altered the national heart donor strategy.

Selena S. Li, MD: The US Heart Allocation System and Transplant Bridge Devices

The first in-class myosin inhibitor is supported by findings from the pivotal EXPLORER-HCM trial for patients with the rare condition.

FDA Approves Mavacamten for Symptomatic Obstructive Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy 

71.6% of patients showed a clinically meaningful improvement in total corneal fluorescein staining at 4 weeks after using the ophthalmic solution. 

Cyclosporine Ophthalmic Solution Shows Consistent Therapeutic Effect for Dry Eye Disease

Dexamethasone as a first-line treatment for DME may increase economic costs in settings where bevacizumab is used off-label, but lower annual costs compared with aflibercept. 

Cost of Intravitreal Injections for DME May Vary By Treatment Modality  

Rural patients identifying as Black had a more than 10% absolute increased risk of major leg amputation or death compared with the overall cohort with diabetic foot ulcers. 

Racial and Rural Disparities Observed in Diabetic Foot Ulcer Care 

Hemoglobin changes and the degree of surgery difficulty were significantly lower in the lidocaine plus epinephrine group compared with placebo. 

Lidocaine Plus Epinephrine for Abdominal Myomectomy Effective in Reducing Blood Loss

The long-term efficacy of fundoplication surgery has not previously been explored for the management of the symptoms of GERD.

Partial, Total Fundoplication Effective Long-Term for Controlling GERD

Data show 80% of included patients had an increase of more than 20 points in Kansas City Cardiomyopathy Questionnaire summary scores. 

Patient-Reported Quality of Life Increased After Septal Myectomy For Obstructive HCM

Interventions could be utilized in patients awaiting liver transplantations to avoid further complications or mortality.

Nutritional Status Forecasts Complications for Patients With Late-Stage Cirrhosis

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