JHLT: The Podcast is back with an all-pediatric episode for November! Join Daniel R. Goldstein, MD, Editor-in-Chief of JHLT, and the JHLT Digital Media Editors for TWO interviews with authors from the November issue of The Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation.

First, the editors speak with Dr. Richard Issitt, FCCP, from the perfusion department at Great Ormond Steret Hospital in London. Dr. Issitt is the lead author on a paper entitled “Intraoperative anti-A/B immunoadsorption is associated with significantly reduced blood product utilization with similar outcomes in pediatric ABO-incompatible heart transplantation.” Beginning at 2:05, Erika Lease, MD, interviews Dr. Issitt about the goals and findings of the study, plus potential clinical criteria and future studies.

Starting at 15:30, Van-Khue Ton, MD, PhD, and Marty Tam, MD, are in conversation with Joseph Rossano, MD, MS, FAAP, FACC, head of the division of cardiology at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, about his group’s study from the November issue: “The influence of mechanical Circulatory support on post-transplant outcomes in pediatric patients: A multicenter study from the International Society for Heart and Lung Transplantation (ISHLT) Registry.” Dr. Rossano discusses the discontinuation of HVAD, linkage of ECMO to poor outcomes in pediatric patients, the safety of VAD implantation, and application in CHD patients.

Follow along in the November issue at www.jhltonline.org/current, or, if you’re an ISHLT member, log in at ishlt.org/journal-of-heart-lung-transplantation.  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.

This episode of JHLT: The Podcast, but not the studies within, is sponsored by Paragonix.