Timely access to a large volume ECMO center, perhaps the equalizer? Area Deprivation Index and Distress Community Index Scores... : ASAIO Journal journals.lww.com/asaiojournal/A… @VUMC_heart @VUMC_ECMO @MatthewBacchet1 Whitney Gannon Ashish Shah Lena Tran

Just a couple of Vandy Heart Transplant Dads (and a few Moms) helping a Dad get a new heart on Father’s Day. Better than new socks.

Simple solutions for complex patients.

Enjoyed working on this with the incomparable Maryjane Farr MD MSc, FACC FAST FHFSA FAHA as my editor!

The AATS 2023 Expert Consensus Document: Adult cardiac Tx utilizing donors after circulatory death Read the full #JTCVS article by Schroder, Milano et al doi.org/10.1016/j.jtcv… AATS Jacob Niall Schroder Sarah Scheuer Pedro Catarino Arthur Caplan Scott Silvestry MD Valluvan Jeevanandam, MD Ashish Shah

Outcomes of Heart Transplant Donation After Circulatory Death | Journal of the American College of Cardiology - jacc.org/doi/epdf/10.10…

Vandy Thoracic Transplant Team breaks the sound barrier- heart lung transplant after nearly 10hrs of ischemic time using ingenious cooler at 10degrees. Normal allograft function. No ECMO. This is no humbug. ⁦@MatthewBacchet1⁩ ⁦Vanderbilt University Medical Center⁩ ⁦@VUMC_heart⁩

Exciting research in press at JHLT Toward developing a wearable right heart support tech, we leveraged the team's expertise in RHF & ECMO... Let's just say we went on a little walk 🐏 jhltonline.org/article/S1053-… Caitlin Demarest MD PhD Wei Kelly Wu @MatthewBacchet1 @VUMCTransplant

Out of the Ice Age. Another extraordinary year for Vandy Heart Transplant. In addition to over 100 heart transplants in 2023, the team is set to change 60years of dogma on heart preservation. With high volumes comes great responsibility for real innovation- to make things better

HE MADE IT!! 13 days post heart transplant and he got to ring the bell! 🔔

“Without the organ donor, there is no story, no hope, no transplant. But when there is an organ donor, life, springs from death, sorrow turns to hope, and a terrible loss becomes a gift” We heard Scot’s new heartbeat for the first time, it is such a beautiful sound! Grateful!❤️‍🩹

His journey is worth following. Reminders of what is really important but I had front row seats to watch what real determination and mental toughness can achieve.

5 heart transplants in 48hrs and 5000 miles travelled by Vandy recovery teams using multiple recovery techniques. The heart seen here was not going to be allocated at all but resuscitated and now working perfectly in its new home.

When your heart (and lung and liver and kidney) sucks. nytimes.com/2024/04/02/hea…

International meetings are an opportunity to discuss ideas and debate clinical practice. Perhaps more importantly - it allows the next generation of surgeons/thinkers to challenge dogma.

Where the future is being built. Pls join us

The abstract submission deadline for #MechSummit2024 is coming up on July 1. Don't miss your opportunity to present your work at this two-day course in Toronto. Help advance the field of lung and heart transplant by submitting today: events.aats.org/mechanical24/c…

Technology matters but people have always been the catalyst in transplant. Vanderbilt transplants: Team of doctors races to Alaska for a heart tennessean.com/story/money/in…

What’s next in heart transplant? Vandy Heart Tx teams have now used DCD hearts without reanimation. No NRP No OCS. Redefining irreversible. ⁦XVIVO⁩ allowed the unimaginable.

Extraordinary year for Vanderbilt Heart. 174 heart transplants (108 DBD/66 DCD). Over 160,000 miles traveled. Spanning 46 states, Puerto Rico, and Canada. Nearly 1900 hours invested in recoveries. 75+ LVADs. Incredible teamwork. Grateful to our patients/donors. Look forward to