Vascular Disease and Surgery

About

Heart transplantation surgery has become the standard treatment for selected patients with end-stage heart failure. Improvements in immunosuppressant, donor procurement, surgical techniques, and post-transplant care have resulted in a substantial decrease in acute allograft rejection, which had previously significantly limited survival of heart transplant recipients.

The number of heart transplants performed worldwide over the last decade has continued to increase annually.

Current challenges include older age of both recipients and donors; an increasing number of transplants performed with mechanical circulatory support; the growing use of combined organ transplants (now more than 4% of all heart transplants); and a high proportion of sensitised patients (those with pre-formed antibodies against human leukocyte antigens, which increased the risk of organ rejection).

Articles

CNAP and Thermodilution Agreement in Estimating Haemodynamic Parameters

Published:

01 April 2025

Citation:

Journal of Asian Pacific Society of Cardiology 2025;4:e07.

TAAD Demographics in the Gulf

Published:

30 January 2025

Citation:

Journal of Asian Pacific Society of Cardiology 2025;4:e01.

Percutaneous Retrieval Dislodged Port Catheter

Published:

23 December 2024

Citation:

Journal of Asian Pacific Society of Cardiology 2024;3:e45.

Elderly Female with Pickering Syndrome Treated with Renal Angioplasty

Published:

18 October 2024

Citation:

Journal of Asian Pacific Society of Cardiology 2024;3:e40.