Annals ofTransplants

Volume: 3 - Number: 17 - March 15, 2005

Outstanding

IL-1 in bronchial lavage fluid is a non-invasive marker that predicts the viability of the pulmonary graft from the non-heart-beating donor 

Decreased recipient survival following orthotopic heart transplantation with use of hearts from donors with projectile brain injury

Simvastatin decreases myocardial tumor necrosis factor content in heart transplant recipients 

Brain natriuretic peptide predicts serious cardiac allograft rejection independent of hemodynamic measurements

Articles

IL-1 in bronchial lavage fluid is a non-invasive marker that predicts the viability of the pulmonary graft from the non-heart-beating donor 

Decreased recipient survival following orthotopic heart transplantation with use of hearts from donors with projectile brain injury

Acceptable recipient outcomes with the use of hearts from donors with hepatitis-B core antibodies •

Depletion of alveolar macrophages by clodronate-liposomes aggravates ischemia—reperfusion injury of the lung

Simvastatin decreases myocardial tumor necrosis factor content in heart transplant recipients 

Brain natriuretic peptide predicts serious cardiac allograft rejection independent of hemodynamic measurements

Successful outcome with extended allograft ischemic time in pediatric heart transplantation  •

Pravastatin therapy is associated with reduction in coronary allograft vasculopathy in pediatric heart transplantation

Endogenous bone-marrow-derived stem cells contribute only a small proportion of regenerated myocardium in the acute infarction model 

Sarcomeric genes involved in reverse remodeling of the heart during left ventricular assist device support

Experience and result of extracorporeal membrane oxygenation in treating fulminant myocarditis with shock: What mechanical support should be considered first?

Brief communicactions

Changes in induced sputum in the presence of bronchiolitis obliterans syndrome and correlation with spirometry in single and bilateral lung transplant recipients

Troponin T levels in baboons with pig heterotopic heart transplants

Noninfectious constrictive pericarditis in a heart transplant recipient

Successful repair of tracheal dehiscence after heart-lung transplantation 

Superiority of voriconazole over amphotericin B in the treatment of invasive aspergillosis after heart transplantation 

Gastrointestinal bleeding from arteriovenous malformations in patients supported by the Jarvik 2000 axial-flow left ventricular assist device

The role of growth hormone replacement in a growth hormone deficient patient with underlying cardiomyopathy and severe congestive heart failure

Case report

Multiple giant molluscum contagiosum in a renal transplant recipient

Lethal cytomegalovirus ischemic colitis presenting with fever of unknown origin

Aspergillus mediastinitis following orthotopic heart transplantation: case report and review of the literature

Successful kidney re-transplantation in a patient with previous allograft kidney tuberculosis

Editorial

Principles of antimicrobial therapy in the transplant patient

Original Articles

Retrospective study of the hepatic safety profile of patients concomitantly treated with caspofungin and cyclosporin A

Renal transplantation

Protocol Core Needle Biopsy and Histologic Chronic Allograft Damage Index (CADI) as Surrogate End Point for Long-Term Graft Survival in Multicenter Studies

Delayed Graft Function and Cast Nephropathy Associated with Tacrolimus Plus Rapamycin Use

Review

Valganciclovir prophylaxis in patients at high risk for the development of cytomegalovirus disease

Obliterative bronchiolitis or chronic lung allograft rejection: A basic science review