Hemodynamic effects of COVID-19 vaccination in hospitalized patients awaiting heart transplantation.

Background: The hemodynamic effects of pre-transplant vaccination against COVID-19 among heart transplant candidates hospitalized for advanced heart failure remains unknown.

Methods: A retrospective chart review was conducted at a high-volume transplant center from January through December 2021. 22 COVID-19 vaccination events occurred among patients hospitalized for decompensated heart failure while awaiting transplantation.

Sodium-Glucose Cotransporter-2 Inhibitor-Associated Euglycemic Diabetic Ketoacidosis After Orthotopic Heart Transplant in a Prediabetic Patient: A Case Report.

Postoperative euglycemic diabetic ketoacidosis (euDKA) associated with sodium-glucose cotransporter-2 (SGLT2) inhibitor use has been well-documented and carries a Food and Drug Administration recommendation to hold SGLT2 inhibitors 3 to 4 days before a planned surgical procedure. Unfortunately, many surgical procedures, such as orthotopic heart transplant (OHT), are unplanned and unpredictable. With the increasing use of SGLT2 inhibitors in diabetic and non-diabetic heart failure patients, new challenges in patient management and perioperative risk have arisen.