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The Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation podcast features the JHLT Digital Media Editors in round table talks with the Journal's contributors.
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- 2 weeks ago13 min
Episode 88: Looking Back: Is Sotatercept Safe in Patients with PAH?
In case you missed it, JHLT: The Podcast is re-releasing a past audience favorite for your listening pleasure. This month, we revisit a conversation regarding a study from the April 2025 issue of JHLT about the efficacy and safety of sotatercept in patients with PAH. This conversation with Ioana Preston, MD, of the Tufts University School of Medicine in Boston, explores: What makes sotatercept unique as the first "biologic" in the treatment of PAH Hypotheses about the mechanism of action in sotatercept Sotatercept's interaction with mPAP and what it indicates about the drug's action on the pulmonary vasculature For the latest studies from JHLT, visit www.jhltonline.org/current, or, if you're an ISHLT member, access your Journal membership at www.ishlt.org/jhlt. Don't already get the Journal and want to read along? Join the International Society of Heart and Lung Transplantation at www.ishlt.org for a free subscription, or subscribe today at www.jhltonline.org.
- Jul 1, 202618 min
Episode 87: The Trifecta Heart Study: Assessing Donor Specific Antibodies in AMR
JHLT: The Podcast returns for July with a paper entitled "Comparing DSA-negative and DSA-positive antibody-mediated rejection in heart transplants: Results from the Trifecta-Heart study," available online now and in the July print issue of JHLT. Today's guests are first author Katelynn S. Madill-Thomsen, PhD and senior author Philip F. Halloran, MD, PhD, both from the Alberta Transplant Applied Genomics Center in Canada. In the episode, the authors and editors discuss: Striking similarities—and key differences—in the DSA-negative and DSA-positive groups Changes to clinical practice based on the findings, including innovations from the kidney transplant community Future studies, including tools and therapies that could be explored for improved clinical outcomes For the latest studies from JHLT, visit www.jhltonline.org/current, or, if you're an ISHLT member, access your Journal membership at www.ishlt.org/jhlt. Don't already get the Journal and want to read along? Join the International Society of Heart and Lung Transplantation at www.ishlt.org for a free subscription, or subscribe today at www.jhltonline.org.
- Jun 17, 202612 min
Episode 86: A Patient Perspective on Ghost Coverage and Access to Immunosuppressants
For the first time, JHLT: The Podcast welcomes a patient onto the podcast. The Digital Media Editors are pleased to welcome heart transplant recipient and patient advocate Payton Herres for a discussion about her recent perspective piece in JHLT. In this compelling, moving discussion, Payton shares: Her treatment story—from her congenital diagnoses to her life-changing transplant—and her donor's story The difference between coverage and access—and how FDA labeling affected her access to an important component of her care What she wishes clinicians understood about long-term care of transplant patients For the latest studies from JHLT, visit www.jhltonline.org/current, or, if you're an ISHLT member, access your Journal membership at www.ishlt.org/jhlt. Don't already get the Journal and want to read along? Join the International Society of Heart and Lung Transplantation at www.ishlt.org for a free subscription, or subscribe today at www.jhltonline.org.
- Jun 3, 202613 min
Episode 85: Assessing SCAI Shock Classification in Post-Cardiotomy Patients
On JHLT: The Podcast, we kick off June with a paper entitled "Serial assessment of modified Society for Cardiovascular Angiography and Interventions SHOCK classification in post-cardiotomy patients," which is available online now and in the June issue of JHLT. Today's guests are first author Ufuk Baldan, MD and senior author Patrick Klein, MD, PhD, both of the Amsterdam University Medical Center in the Netherlands. We discuss: The heterogeneous nature of post-cardiotomy shock and challenges to treat Should serial assessments become standardized post-cardiac surgery? Does SCAI staging overestimate risk—and how do we interpret the stages we observe immediately post-op? What's next for this line of research? For the latest studies from JHLT, visit www.jhltonline.org/current, or, if you're an ISHLT member, access your Journal membership at www.ishlt.org/jhlt. Don't already get the Journal and want to read along? Join the International Society of Heart and Lung Transplantation at www.ishlt.org for a free subscription, or subscribe today at www.jhltonline.org.
- May 20, 20267 min
Episode 84: What Was Hot at ISHLT2026
On this special episode of JHLT: The Podcast, the Digital Media Editors take a look back at the exciting science that was on display at ISHLT2026, the ISHLT 46th Annual Meeting & Scientific Sessions. Topics include: Artificial intelligence and machine learning in transplantation, especially in assessing donor lungs and EVLP Cardiogenic Shock science at ISHLT2026, including a well-attended, all-new Academy The re-launch of the ISHLT International Thoracic Organ Transplant Registry, and the recent report in JHLT For the latest studies from JHLT, visit www.jhltonline.org/current, or, if you're an ISHLT member, access your Journal membership at www.ishlt.org/jhlt. Don't already get the Journal and want to read along? Join the International Society of Heart and Lung Transplantation at www.ishlt.org for a free subscription, or subscribe today at www.jhltonline.org.
- May 6, 202614 min
Episode 83: Consensus on Graft Dysfunction within 72 Hours After Heart Transplant
JHLT: The Podcast starts May with an important ten-year update to a keystone document—the "ISHLT Consensus Conference on Graft Dysfunction within the First 72 Hours after Heart Transplantation." The consensus summary—and a perspective piece by the authors—appears in the May issue of JHLT, and is available in full on ISHLT.org. The podcast is happy to host conference leader and first author Jon Kobashigawa, MD, Cedars-Sinai in Los Angeles, to talk about the consensus document, the conference, and PGD. The conversation includes discussion of: Why the document needed updating and how consensus was achieved The revised severity scale for PGD and the omission of the vasoactive-inotropic score Changes from the old document, including: Newer predictors of PGD The latest donor preservation devices Updated treatment approaches For the latest studies from JHLT, visit www.jhltonline.org/current, or, if you're an ISHLT member, access your Journal membership at www.ishlt.org/jhlt. Don't already get the Journal and want to read along? Join the International Society of Heart and Lung Transplantation at www.ishlt.org for a free subscription, or subscribe today at www.jhltonline.org.
- Apr 30, 202614 min
Episode 82: JHLT Special Issue: Device Therapies
In this episode, JHLT: The Podcast highlights a special issue of the Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation that's just been released. The issue focuses on innovations in Device Therapies, and was edited by JHLT Deputy Editor Manreet Kanwar, MD, FACC, of the University of Chicago. Dr. Kanwar joins Digital Media Editor Van-Khue Ton, MD, PhD for a discussion about the special issue. The discussion explores: The importance of discussing device therapies in the advanced heart and lung failure communities The most anticipated device therapies in the pipeline for clinicians and patients to consider The impact of publishing in JHLT For the latest studies from JHLT, visit www.jhltonline.org/current, or, if you're an ISHLT member, access your Journal membership at www.ishlt.org/jhlt. Read the special issue on ScienceDirect or at the Journal website. Don't already get the Journal and want to read along? Join the International Society of Heart and Lung Transplantation at www.ishlt.org for a free subscription, or subscribe today at www.jhltonline.org.
- Apr 1, 202614 min
Episode 81: Lung Cancer after Lung Transplant
JHLT: The Podcast kicks off April with a discussion of the paper, "Lung Cancer After Lung Transplantation: Early Detection and Curative Surgery Drive Long-Term Survival," which appears in the April issue of JHLT. Senior author Pauline Pradère, MD, of Hôpital Marie Lannelongue in Paris, joins the episode to talk about the paper. The conversation includes discussion of: The overall survival of patients who develop lung cancer after lung transplant—and the key differences between the cohort of patients who developed cancer versus the patients who did not Managing lung cancer in transplant recipients Immunosuppression in these patients, and other potential changes to clinical practice derived from the study For the latest studies from JHLT, visit www.jhltonline.org/current, or, if you're an ISHLT member, access your Journal membership at www.ishlt.org/jhlt. Don't already get the Journal and want to read along? Join the International Society of Heart and Lung Transplantation at www.ishlt.org for a free subscription, or subscribe today at www.jhltonline.org.
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