Special Issue

Orthotopic and Heterotopic Transplantation of the Heart

Submission Deadline: August 30, 2024 (Open) Submit Now

Guest Editors

Dr. Prashant Vaijyanath, Director & head Cardiothoracic & thoracic organ transplant surgery

Kovai medical center hospital

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Research Interests: Adult & congenital cardiac surgery; Orthotopic & heterotopic heart transplant; Transcatheter valve therapies; Endovascular therapies

Wilhelm Mistiaen, MD, ScD, PhD, Associate Professor

1: Faculty of Medicine & Health Sciences, Department of Rehabilitation Sciences and Physiotherapy Antwerp, University of Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium
2: Department of Healthcare & Wellbeing, Artesis-Plantijn University College of Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium

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Research Interests: Cardiac surgery; Cardiovascular disease

Manuscript Submission Information

Manuscripts should be submitted through the LIDSEN Submission System. Detailed information on manuscript preparation and submission is available in the Instructions for Authors. All submitted articles will be thoroughly refereed through a single-blind peer-review process and will be processed following the Editorial Process and Quality Control policy. Upon acceptance, the article will be immediately published in a regular issue of the journal and will be listed together on the special issue website, with a label that the article belongs to the Special Issue. LIDSEN distributes articles under the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY 4.0) License in an open-access model. The authors own the copyright to the article, and the article can be free to access, distribute, and reuse provided that the original work is correctly cited.

Submitted manuscripts should not have been published previously, nor be under consideration for publication elsewhere (except conference proceedings papers). Research articles and review articles are highly invited. Authors are encouraged to send the tentative title and abstract of the planned paper to the Editorial Office (transplantation@lidsen.com) for record. If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact the Editorial Office.

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Publication

Open Access Case Report Pregnancy-Associated Spontaneous Coronary Artery Dissection: Anesthetic Considerations by Alan M Iwahashi  , Samantha H Garvanovic  , Uoo R Kim  and Melissa D McCabe Received: 29 August 2024;  Published: 20 March 2025;  doi: 10.21926/obm.transplant.2501243 Abstract Spontaneous coronary artery dissection (SCAD) accounts for one-third of all peripartum myocardial infarction. Peripartum SCAD is associated with increased severity. We surmise that altered maternal cardiac physiology increases susceptibility to SCAD and warrants consideration when managing cardiac ischemia. One week after vaginal delivery [...]

Open Access Review Review of Heterotopic Heart Transplantation Models in Rats by Koji Kawago  , John A Farag  , Yujiro Kawai  , Umayr Syed  , Eric Pfrender  , Satoshi Miyairi  and Yasuhiro Shudo Received: 21 October 2024;  Published: 14 March 2025;  doi: 10.21926/obm.transplant.2501242 Abstract Heterotopic heart transplantation (HHT) in rats is a valuable tool for cardiac transplantation research. While abdominal HHT has been established in rats for nearly 90 years, novel approaches involving cervical and femoral techniques have also been explored. The abdominal HHT model, despite its long history, is technically demanding and has [...]