Management of Kidney Disease in Heart Transplant Patients: A National Delphi Survey-based Consensus Expert Paper.

Kidney disease is a common complication in heart transplant recipients and requires a comprehensive and personalized approach. The interplay between preexisting kidney disease, perioperative factors, immunosuppression, and cardiovascular complications makes the management of kidney dysfunction challenging in these patients. The objective of this expert consensus was to look for agreements for the management of chronic kidney disease in heart transplant recipients.

Management of heart disease in renal transplant recipients: a national Delphi survey-based SET/SEC/SEN consensus document.

Renal transplantation improves the survival and quality of life of patients with end-stage renal disease. Cardiovascular disease is the leading cause of morbidity and mortality in renal transplant recipients. The bidirectional relationship between renal and heart disease creates a unique clinical scenario that demands a comprehensive and personalized approach.

Structural heart transcatheter interventions in orthotopic cardiac transplant and left ventricular assist devices recipients: A nationwide study.

Background: The current incidence and outcomes of structural transcatheter procedures in heart transplant (HTx) recipients and left-ventricular assist devices (LVAD) carriers is unknown.

Aims: To provide insights on structural transcatheter procedures performed across HTx and LVAD patients in Spain.

Methods: Multicenter, ambispective, observational nationwide registry.

Rationale and design of the optical coherence tomography observation of pulmonary ultra-structural changes in heart failure (OCTOPUS-CHF) study.

Background: The assessment of vascular remodeling using optical coherence tomography (OCT) has been previously described in some types of pulmonary hypertension. However, evidence about its feasibility and clinical utility for evaluation of pulmonary arterial vasculopathy in advanced heart failure (HF) is scarce. Optical Coherence Tomography Observation of Pulmonary Ultra-Structural Changes in Heart Failure (OCTOPUS-CHF) study is designed to study the correlation between OCT-morphometric parameters and hemodynamic data measured or derived from right heart catheterization (RHC).