Publications by authors named "Jesus S Lomelin"
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- Canadian lung transplant centers use two ways to decide who gets a transplant first: a subjective "Status" ranking and an objective score called the lung allocation score (LAS).
- A study looked at over 1,100 patients from 2007 to 2012 to see which method was better at predicting who might not survive while waiting for a transplant.
- The results showed that LAS was better at predicting waitlist mortality than Status alone, but using both could give an even clearer picture of a patient's chances.
Background: In adult humans and pig models, strain rate (SR) correlates strongly with invasive measures of contractility but does not demonstrate a force-frequency relationship, which is a fundamental behavior of myocardial contraction. Given the considerable maturational changes of the myocardium from fetal stages to adulthood, extrapolation of adult findings to the young heart may not be appropriate. We sought to evaluate the SR response of the immature heart to increased heart rate (HR) and inotropic stimulation.
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