Chesney Castleberry

Double Bridge to Heart Transplantation: Outcomes of Early vs Delayed Extra Corporeal Membrane Oxygenator Crossover in Pediatric Population

This study evaluates the progression of the distal aorta in patients with acute type A aortic dissection complicated by malperfusion syndrome who were treated with endovascular fenestration/stenting followed by delayed open aortic repair, finding that although these patients had faster distal aortic growth, their long-term survival and reoperation rates were similar to those without malperfusion syndrome.

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Cardiac Medication Use in ACTION for Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy Cardiomyopathy

In a prospective study of 265 males with Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy, nearly 30% of those with moderate or severe heart dysfunction were not receiving full consensus-directed cardiac therapy, and most did not reach target medication doses—highlighting the need to optimize treatment strategies as cardiac disease becomes a leading cause of death in DMD.

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