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Heart transplantation in patients with Down syndrome by Asante‐Korang, Alfred

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Review on clinician bias and its impact on racial and socioeconomic disparities in pediatric heart transplantation by Amdani, Shahnawaz, Gossett, Jeffrey G., Chepp, Valerie, Urschel, Simon, Asante‐Korang, Alfred, Dalton, Jarrod E.

“…This expert review seeks to highlight implicit bias in health care, transplant medicine, and pediatric heart transplantation to focus attention on the role…”
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Expanded utilization of rituximab in paediatric cardiac transplant patients by Kiskaddon, Amy L., Landmesser, Katherine, Carapellucci, Jennifer, Wisotzkey, Bethany, Asante‐Korang, Alfred

“…What is known and objective Epstein–Barr virus (EBV) viraemia and autoimmune cytopenias (AICs) are significant complications that occur following paediatric…”
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Basiliximab therapy for immune‐mediated bowel disease in a pediatric heart transplant patient by Kiskaddon, Amy L., Wilsey, Michael, Gonzalez‐Gomez, Ignacio, Laks, Jessica, Miles, Alyssa, Carapellucci, Jennifer, Asante‐Korang, Alfred

“…In pediatric patients who undergo heart transplantation, severe immune‐mediated bowel disease has been reported. Management is complex, and there are little…”
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Risk factors for 1‐year allograft loss in pediatric heart transplant patients using machine learning: An analysis of the pediatric heart transplant society database by Wisotzkey, Bethany L., Jaeger, Byron, Asante‐Korang, Alfred, Brickler, Molly, Cantor, Ryan S., Everitt, Melanie D., Kirklin, James K., Koehl, Devin, Mantell, Benjamin S., Thrush, Philip T., Kuhn, Micheal

“…Background Pediatric heart transplant patients are at greatest risk of allograft loss in the first year. We assessed whether machine learning could improve…”
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Three decades of collaboration through the Pediatric Heart Transplant Society Registry: A journey through registry data with a highlight on children with single ventricle anatomy by Richmond, Marc E., Conway, Jennifer, Kirklin, James K., Cantor, Ryan S., Koehl, Devin A., Lal, Ashwin K., McDonald, Nancy, Gajarski, Robert, Lin, Kimberly Y., Singh, Rakesh K., Fenton, Matthew, Asante‐Korang, Alfred, Amdani, Shahnawaz, Auerbach, Scott R., Everitt, Melanie D.

“…Background The Pediatric Heart Transplant Society (PHTS) Registry was founded 30 years ago as a collaborative effort among like‐minded providers of this novel…”
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Survival After Heart Transplant Listing for Infants on Mechanical Circulatory Support by Conway, Jennifer, Cantor, Ryan, Koehl, Devin, Spicer, Robert, Gupta, Dipankar, McCulloch, Michael, Asante-Korang, Alfred, Eulrich, Dean T, Kirklin, James K, Pahl, Elfriede

“…Background Infants with heart failure remain at significant risk for wait list mortality, despite mechanical circulatory support (MCS). It is unclear if the…”
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Ex vivo paracrine properties of cardiac tissue: Effects of chronic heart failure by Boucek, Robert J., MD, MS, Steele, Jasmine, BS, Jacobs, Jeffery P., MD, Steele, Peter, PhD, Asante-Korang, Alfred, MD, Quintessenza, James, MD, Steele, Ann, PhD

“…Background Cardiac regenerative responses are responsive to paracrine factors. We hypothesize that chronic heart failure (HF) in pediatric patients affects…”
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Cardiomyopathy in Children: Classification and Diagnosis: A Scientific Statement From the American Heart Association by Lipshultz, Steven E, Law, Yuk M, Asante-Korang, Alfred, Austin, Eric D, Dipchand, Anne I, Everitt, Melanie D, Hsu, Daphne T, Lin, Kimberly Y, Price, Jack F, Wilkinson, James D, Colan, Steven D

“…In this scientific statement from the American Heart Association, experts in the field of cardiomyopathy (heart muscle disease) in children address 2 issuesthe…”
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Diagnostic and management roles of FDG PET/CT imaging in post-transplant lympho-proliferation in pediatric heart transplantation by Brown, Abdel-Karim, Carapellucci, Jennifer, Oshrine, Benjamin, Gomez, Anthony, Meoded, Avner, Asante-Korang, Alfred

“…Post-transplant lymphoproliferative disorder (PTLD) is a serious complication of pediatric heart transplant (PHTx). 18F-FDG PET/CT has been used to…”
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Waitlist and post-transplant outcomes for children with myocarditis listed for heart transplantation over 3 decades by Amdani, Shahnawaz, Korang, Alfred-Asante, Law, Yuk, Cantor, Ryan, Koehl, Devin, Kirklin, James K., Ybarra, Marion, Rusconi, Paolo, Azeka, Estela, Ruiz, Adriana Carolina Prada, Schowengerdt, Kenneth, Bostdorff, Hannah, Joong, Anna

“…There is limited and conflicting information on waitlist and transplant outcomes for children with myocarditis. Retrospective review included children with…”
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Using machine learning to predict five-year transplant-free survival among infants with hypoplastic left heart syndrome by Smith, Andrew H., Gray, Geoffrey M., Ashfaq, Awais, Asante-Korang, Alfred, Rehman, Mohamed A., Ahumada, Luis M.

“…Hypoplastic left heart syndrome (HLHS) is a congenital malformation commonly treated with palliative surgery and is associated with significant morbidity and…”
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Conversion from calcineurin inhibitors to mTOR inhibitors as primary immunosuppressive drugs in pediatric heart transplantation by Asante‐Korang, Alfred, Carapellucci, Jennifer, Krasnopero, Diane, Doyle, Abigail, Brown, Brian, Amankwah, Ernest

“…There are only a few reports of successful use of mammalian target of rapamycin (mTORI) as primary immunosuppression in pediatric heart transplantation…”
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Lymphatic Leakage in Pediatric Heart Transplantation: Early Recognition and Timely Management with Interventional Radiologic and Endoscopic Therapy by Trocchia, Carolena, Mauer, Tian, Mitchell, Sally, Collard, Michael, Asante‐Korang, Alfred, Wilsey, Michael

“…Protein‐losing enteropathy (PLE) is a severe complication of the Fontan procedure that leads to systemic complications owing to enteric protein loss…”
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Resource utilization of cytomegalovirus immune globulin in prevention and treatment of cytomegalovirus infection in pediatric heart transplantation by Asante‐Korang, Alfred, Carapellucci, Jennifer, Krasnopero, Diane, Brown, Brian, Kiskaddon, Amy, Wisotzkey, Bethany, Blyumin, Gabriella, Berman, David M., Namtu, Katie

“…Background There is debate whether cytomegalovirus immunoglobulin (CMV‐Ig) is also needed for CMV prevention in heart transplant recipients in the era of good…”
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Implementation of defined criteria for clinical pharmacists in a pediatric cardiac transplant ambulatory clinic by Kiskaddon, Amy L., Brown, Brian K., Carapellucci, Jennifer, Wisotzkey, Bethany L., Asante‐Korang, Alfred

“…Introduction The United Network of Organ Sharing (UNOS) bylaws and Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) accreditation standards require that…”
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Outcomes in highly sensitized pediatric heart transplant patients using current management strategies by Asante-Korang, Alfred, MD, Amankwah, Ernest K., PhD, Lopez-Cepero, Mayra, PhD, Ringewald, Jeremy, MD, Carapellucci, Jennifer, BSN, Krasnopero, Diane, DNP, Berg, Alex, ARNP, Quintessenza, James, MD, Jacobs, Jeffrey P., MD

“…Background Previous studies have suggested that children with pre-formed anti-HLA antibodies (PRA) undergoing orthotopic heart transplantation (OHT) have…”
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ABO-incompatible heart transplantation: Analysis of the Pediatric Heart Transplant Study (PHTS) database by Henderson, Heather T., MD, Canter, Charles E., MD, Mahle, William T., MD, Dipchand, Anne I., MD, LaPorte, Kelci, CPNP, Schechtman, Kenneth B., PhD, Zheng, Jie, MS, Asante-Korang, Alfred, MD, Singh, Rakesh K., MD, Kanter, Kirk R., MD

“…Background ABO incompatible (ABOi) heart transplantation is an accepted approach to increasing organ availability for young patients. Previous studies have…”
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Impact of Coronavirus-2019 On Pediatric and Adult Heart Transplantation Waitlist Activity and Mortality in The United States: A Descriptive Approach by Ashfaq, Awais, Gray, Geoffrey M., Carapellucci, Jennifer, Amankwah, Ernest K., Ahumada, Luis M., Rehman, Mohamed, Puchalski, Michael, Smith, Andrew, Quintessenza, James A., Asante-Korang, Alfred

“…Transplant centers saw a substantial reduction in deceased donor solid organ transplantation since the beginning of the coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic in…”
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Lessons Learned From 119 Consecutive Cardiac Transplants for Pediatric and Congenital Heart Disease by Jacobs, Jeffrey Phillip, MD, Asante-Korang, Alfred, MD, O'Brien, Sean M., PhD, Chai, Paul Jubeong, MD, Dadlani, Gul H., MD, Rodriguez-Fazzi, Gerson L., MD, Vu, Dien, MD, McCormack, Jorge, MD, McKenna, Daniel E., MD, Boucek, Robert Joseph, MD, Cooper, David S., MD, Saltiel, Albert, MD, Carapellucci, Jennifer, RN, van Gelder, Hugh M., MD, Daicoff, George R., MD, Quintessenza, James Anthony, MD

“…Background This manuscript reviews all patients who underwent orthotopic heart transplantations (OHT) at our program (116 patients underwent 119 OHT) to…”
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