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Catheter Ablation of Atrial Arrhythmias After Orthotopic Heart Transplantation

Orthotopic heart transplantation modifies the electrophysiologic substrate, impacting atrial tachyarrhythmias' mechanisms and management due to factors like suture-line scars and autonomic denervation. This review outlines current evidence on the mechanisms, mapping strategies, safety considerations and outcomes of catheter ablation for atrial arrhythmias following the procedure.

Ocular Surface Neoplasia Risk Doubled for Organ Transplant Recipients

Solid organ transplant patients on long-term immunosuppression therapy face more than double the risk of developing ocular surface squamous neoplasia. Researchers leveraged the TriNetX US Collaborative Network to analyze electronic medical records from March 2006 to March 2026.

Lung Transplant Trends Shift to Older Adults, Sicker Pediatric Cases

Patients 70 years and older now account for 13% of lung transplant recipients worldwide, up from just 1% more than 2 decades ago, a shift significant enough that lung transplantation is now described as "a geriatric procedure." At the same time, the pediatric lung transplant population is shifting toward more complex patients, as cystic fibrosis, which has long been the leading indication in children, is increasingly controlled by new modulator therapies that keep young patients off the transpla

Short-Term Pretransplant Dialysis Does Not Affect Kidney Transplant Outcomes

Allograft survival is unaffected when kidney transplant is performed after a short-term pretransplant dialysis duration, according to a study published online in the International Journal of Urology.

Transplant Recipients May Face Higher Risk for Mortality After Infective Endocarditis

Solid organ and haematopoietic stem cell transplant recipients with infective endocarditis experienced higher one‑year all‑cause mortality than non-transplant control participants and showed a distinct microbiological profile. Their infections more often involved coagulase‑negative staphylococci, Enterococcus species, non‑Haemophilus species, Aggregatibacter, Cardiobacterium, Eikenella, Kingella gram‑negative bacilli and fungi.

Postoperative Inhaled Nitric Oxide After Lung Transplantation

The efficacy of prophylactic inhaled nitric oxide in preventing primary graft dysfunction after lung transplantation is uncertain, with researchers hypothesizing that its use postoperatively may decrease the incidence of severe primary graft dysfunction.

Black, Medicaid and Older Patients Had Lower Liver Transplant Odds

Maryland research found that age, race and insurance status were the patient characteristic most strongly linked with receipt of liver transplantation among people with alcohol-related liver disease, while county-level social vulnerability and travel distance were not independently associated.

Simple Urine Test Could Improve Kidney Transplant Decisions and Save Hundreds More Donor Kidneys Each Year, Study Suggests

A new study led by researchers at Johns Hopkins Medicine found that a simple urine test performed on deceased kidney donors could help doctors make better transplant decisions, giving more people access to successful kidney transplants while reducing the number of deceased donor kidneys that go unused.

HPV Vaccination Underutilized in Solid Organ Transplant Recipients

Human papillomavirus vaccination rates remain low in solid organ transplant recipients, despite their elevated risk for cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma, and the association of HPV with post-transplant cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma, a review shows.

Single-Port Robotic-Assisted Kidney Transplantation

Single-port robotic-assisted kidney transplantation, a minimally invasive procedure, remains inadequately characterized in terms of perioperative safety and early graft outcomes. A systematic review was performed to summarize the current evidence regarding this technique using the da Vinci Single-port platform.

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