Heart Transplantation

"Heart Transplantation" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus, MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure, which enables searching at various levels of specificity.

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The transference of a heart from one human or animal to another.

Descriptor ID	D016027
MeSH Number(s)	E04.100.376.475 E04.928.220.390 E04.936.450.475
Concept/Terms	Heart Transplantation Heart Transplantation Grafting, Heart Graftings, Heart Heart Grafting Heart Graftings Transplantation, Heart Heart Transplantations Transplantations, Heart Cardiac Transplantation Cardiac Transplantations Transplantations, Cardiac Transplantation, Cardiac

Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more general than "Heart Transplantation".

Analytical, Diagnostic and Therapeutic Techniques and Equipment [E]
Surgical Procedures, Operative [E04]
Cardiovascular Surgical Procedures [E04.100]
Cardiac Surgical Procedures [E04.100.376]
Heart Transplantation [E04.100.376.475]
Thoracic Surgical Procedures [E04.928]
Cardiac Surgical Procedures [E04.928.220]
Heart Transplantation [E04.928.220.390]
Transplantation [E04.936]
Organ Transplantation [E04.936.450]
Heart Transplantation [E04.936.450.475]

Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more specific than "Heart Transplantation".

Heart Transplantation
Heart-Lung Transplantation

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Bar chart showing 438 publications over 30 distinct years, with a maximum of 32 publications in 2020

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Year	Major Topic	Minor Topic	Total
1996	7	1	8
1997	5	2	7
1998	6	1	7
1999	4	2	6
2000	5	2	7
2001	7	1	8
2002	6	1	7
2003	12	1	13
2004	15	6	21
2005	17	2	19
2006	12	1	13
2007	11	4	15
2008	7	5	12
2009	6	7	13
2010	17	3	20
2011	11	1	12
2012	11	0	11
2013	11	6	17
2014	8	5	13
2015	19	2	21
2016	16	11	27
2017	19	2	21
2018	15	3	18
2019	18	3	21
2020	30	2	32
2021	16	1	17
2022	18	0	18
2023	14	0	14
2024	14	2	16
2025	4	0	4

Below are the most recent publications written about "Heart Transplantation" by people in Profiles.

Pya Y, Bekbossynova M, Medressova A, Latremouille C, Jansen P, Tauyekelova A, Kaliyev R, Jetybayeva S, Ziegler LA, Rajapreyar I, Eduardo Rame J. Precise monitoring of transpulmonic resistance in bridge-to-transplant patients supported by the Aeson total artificial heart. J Heart Lung Transplant. 2025 Jul; 44(7):1161-1164.

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Jain A, Pritting C, Brodie A, Rahimov D, Ahmad D, Rame JE, Alvarez R, Rajagopal K, Entwistle JW, Tchantchaleishvili V. Individual Association of Predicted Left and Right Ventricular Mass Ratios With Survival After Heart Transplantation: A UNOS Database Analysis. Clin Transplant. 2025 Feb; 39(2):e70113.

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Firoz A, Remer D, Zhao H, Lu X, Hamad E. Racial and ethnic disparities on the heart transplant waiting list. Int J Cardiol. 2025 Mar 15; 423:132971.

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Rahimov D, Yan VZ, Ahmad D, Nasher N, Tatum R, Im M, Storozynsky E, Rame JE, Rajagopal K, Entwistle JW, Massey HT, Tchantchaleishvili V. Characteristics and outcomes of cardiac amyloid disease after heart transplantation: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Transplant Rev (Orlando). 2025 Apr; 39(2):100908.

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Siddique F, Patil S, Rajagopal K, Entwistle JW, Morris RJ, Bodzin A, Tchantchaleishvili V. Heart Transplant Centers With and Without Liver Transplant Programs: Analysis of Scientific Registry of Transplant Recipients Metrics. J Surg Res. 2025 Jan; 305:131-135.

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Mazur M, Dowling R, Bhat G, Carmona Rubio A, Eisen HJ. Heart Transplantation Outcomes in Patients With Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy in the Era of Mechanical Circulatory Support. ASAIO J. 2025 May 01; 71(5):409-417.

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Schurr JW, Pearson A, Delfiner MS, Brown A, Quinn MF, Karpenshif Y, Ortega-Legaspi J, Parikh A, Cevasco M, Wald JW. Hemodynamic Support With the Impella 5.5 Acute Mechanical Circulatory Support Device. ASAIO J. 2025 Apr 01; 71(4):300-307.

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Austin MA, Ahmad D, Rosen JL, Weber MP, Rajapreyar I, Rame JE, Alvarez RJ, Entwistle JW, Massey HT, Tchantchaleishvili V. Impact of waitlist weight change on outcomes in heart transplant recipients: a UNOS database analysis. Gen Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2025 May; 73(5):336-342.

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Simmonds MJ, Thamsen B, Olia SE, McNamee AP, Granegger M, Wurm H, Rajagopal K, McGiffin DC. Will blood-informed design signal the fourth generation of cardiac assist devices? J Heart Lung Transplant. 2024 Nov; 43(11):1767-1770.

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Power A, Sweat KR, Roth A, Dykes JC, Kaufman B, Ma M, Chen S, Hollander SA, Profita E, Rosenthal DN, Barkoff L, Chen CY, Davies RR, Almond CS. Contemporary Pediatric Heart Transplant Waitlist Mortality. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2024 Aug 13; 84(7):620-632.

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