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Update on Combined Heart and Liver Transplantation: Evolving Patient Selection, Improving Outcomes, and Outstanding Questions

Current Opinion in Organ Transplantation Combined heart and liver transplantation is an uncommon but increasingly performed procedure with rising need as the population who has undergone Fontan palliation for single ventricle physiology grows. This article reviews the current literature to summarize what is known about patient selection and outcomes and highlights the questions that remain.
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Has the Time Come for Widespread MHC Class I MICA Genotyping in Solid Organ Transplantation?

Transplantation Extending long-term allograft survival has been an elusive goal in all solid organ transplantation. Although the causes of allograft loss are varied, antibody-mediated rejection (AMR) remains a significant contributor to late allograft loss despite advances in HLA testing.
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Solid Organ Transplant Patients May Be at Higher Risk for Skin Cancer and Require Coordinated Care

Mayo Clinic via Medical Xpress More than half of all patients who receive solid organ transplants will have an incidence of skin cancer at some point — most often a nonmelanoma cancer, such as basal cell carcinoma or squamous cell carcinoma. This increased risk can be several hundred times higher than in the general population.
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Allocation to pediatric recipients around the world: An IPTA global survey of current pediatric solid organ transplantation deceased donation allocation practices

Pediatric Transplantation Journal via PubMed There had not been a comprehensive global survey of pediatric-deceased donor allocation practices across all organs since the advent of deceased donor transplantation at the end of the 20th century. As an international community that is responsible for transplanting children, International Pediatric Transplant Association (IPTA) set out to survey the existing landscape of allocation.
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Update on Combined Heart and Liver Transplantation: Evolving Patient Selection, Improving Outcomes, and Outstanding Questions

Has the Time Come for Widespread MHC Class I MICA Genotyping in Solid Organ Transplantation?

Solid Organ Transplant Patients May Be at Higher Risk for Skin Cancer and Require Coordinated Care

Allocation to pediatric recipients around the world: An IPTA global survey of current pediatric solid organ transplantation deceased donation allocation practices