Happy new year from JHLT: The Podcast! On this episode, the Digital Media Editors are joined by ISHLT Director of Marketing + Communications Jess Burke, CAE, to share a little bit about themselves and their backgrounds.

Hear about how each of the JHLT Digital Media Editors got involved in transplantation and a little about each of their research and personal interests.

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.

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On the second December episode of JHLT: The Podcast, the Digital Media Editors explore another paper from the December issue of JHLT, entitled “Long-term follow-up of the randomized, prospective Scandinavian heart transplant everolimus de novo study with early calcineurin inhibitors avoidance (SCHEDULE) trial.”

First author Entela Bollano, MD, PhD, and senior author Niklas Bergh, MD, PhD, both from the Sahlgrenska University Hospital in Sweden, join the podcast to discuss their work.

You’ll hear about:

• Past outcomes of the SCHEDULE trial, including reduced CAV in patients on everolimus over patients on CNIs
• How this study filled the need for long-term follow up on randomized studies on immunosuppression
• Limitations of the study, and what additional follow up might teach us

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.

Lung clinicians: if you haven’t yet tuned in for the first episode from this month, check it out! The paper discusses the effects of pollution post lung transplantation.

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On this episode of JHLT: The Podcast, the Digital Media Editors invite lead author Chung-Wai Chow, MD, PhD, FRCPC, to discuss the paper, “Pollution exposure in the first 3 months post transplant is associated with lower baseline FEV1 and higher CLAD risk.”

Dr. Chow is a transplant pulmonologist and clinician scientist at the University of Toronto, with work focusing on investigating air pollution’s impact on chronic lung diseases and developing improved methods to assess lung function.

The episode explores:

• Measurement methods for home and personal air pollution exposures
• Specific pollutants like black carbon and their effects on patients after lung transplant
• Practical advice for mitigating these effects

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.

Those on heart transplant teams should tune in again later this month for a Scandinavian study that performs long-term follow ups with patients on the nephrotoxic effects of CNIs.

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On the second November episode of JHLT: The Podcast, the Digital Media Editors continue MCS-month with a paper from the November issue of JHLT, entitled “Aortic insufficiency in the patient on contemporary durable left ventricular assist device support: A state-of-the-art review on perioperative and postoperative assessment and management.” 

First author Diyar Saeed, MD, PhD, of the Heart Center Niderrhein, and senior author Jennifer Cowger, MD, MS, of Henry Ford Hospitals both join the podcast.

You’ll hear about:

• Why LVAD patients develop new and progressive aortic regurgitation—and how contemporary devices may differ
• Associated hemodynamic events
• Intraoperative surgical techniques
• Slowing the progression of the condition and monitoring it post-op
• Early interventions

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.

If you haven’t yet tuned in for the first November episode of the podcast, MCS enthusiasts will be happy to know the paper discusses temporary MCS devices in acute RV failure.

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On this episode of JHLT: The Podcast, the Digital Media Editors have three expert guests to discuss their paper, “Pragmatic approach to temporary mechanical circulatory support in acute right ventricular failure.”

You’ll hear from first author Anthony Carnicelli, MD, from the Medical University of South Carolina; Alexander Bernhardt, MD, from the University Hospital Hamburg-Eppendorf; and senior author Manreet Kanwar, MD, of the Cardiovascular Institute at Allegheny Health Network.

The episode explores:

• Parameters that influence deciding when to escalate RV support
• Determining which device is right for each patient
• Evaluating a patient for the correct anticoagulants
• Device-related complications and solutions
• What's next in research for tMCS and acute RV failure

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.

Join us again later this month for another MCS study, exploring aortic insufficiency in patients with durable LVADs.

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On this episode of JHLT: The Podcast, the Digital Media Editors discuss a paper from the October issue of JHLT, entitled “Donor to recipient age matching in lung transplantation: A European experience.” Senior author Andrew Fisher, FRCP, PhD joins the podcast to discuss the paper.

You’ll hear about:

• European practices in lung transplantation and the donor population
• Main findings and takeaways
• How age disparities in donor matching affect outcomes
• Extended criteria for older donors

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.

If you haven’t yet tuned in for the first October episode of the podcast, scroll back in the episode history for the latest ISHLT guideline on the evaluation and care of cardiac transplant candidates.

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On this episode of JHLT: The Podcast, the Digital Media Editors discuss a new guidelines document from the ISHLT entitled “The 2024 ISHLT Guidelines for the Evaluation and Care of Cardiac Transplant Candidates.”

The lead co-authors of the document—Yael Peled, MD, and Anique Ducharme, MD, MSc—are on the podcast to discuss the document.

You’ll hear about:

• Challenges in drafting such an overarching document
• Highlights for clinicians
• Major changes in the document since the last version
• How changes in durable and temporary MCS affect use of the document

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.

Join us again later this month for a study on age matching in lung transplantation.

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This month, JHLT: The Podcast reissues our September 2023 tribute to former Editor-in-Chief, Dr. Daniel R. Goldstein. Dr. Goldstein stepped down from his role for health reasons in July 2023; he had been diagnosed with an advanced salivary gland malignancy and felt he would be unable to continue serving JHLT and the International Society for Heart and Lung Transplantation (ISHLT) to his characteristically demanding standard.

Sadly, Dr. Goldstein died on 21 May, 2024, at the age of 56, leaving behind his wife, 2 children, an extended family, and a larger universe of colleagues, collaborators, and mentees who greatly benefited from his equanimity, wisdom, and commitment to his passions.

The tribute, recorded in August 2023, features Michelle Kittleson, MD, PhD, then-Interim Editor-in-Chief of JHLT; Andrew Gelman, PhD, Deputy Editor at JHLT; Andrew Fisher, FRCP, PhD, past president of ISHLT and Past Chair of the Publications Oversight Committee; Daniel Tyrrell, PhD, a former post-doc of Dr. Goldstein’s; and Judy Chen, PhD, a former immunology PhD student in Dr. Goldstein’s lab.

Two funds were created to allow friends and colleagues to memorialize Dr. Goldstein: the Michigan Biology of Cardiovascular Aging Leadership Development Fund at the Frankel Cardiovascular Center (https://giving.umich.edu/give/393178) and the Adenoid Cystic Carcinoma Foundation (https://accrf.org).

The JHLT has also re-published Dr. Goldstein’s farewell message in the September 2024 issue of the Journal. You can read it here: https://www.jhltonline.org/article/S1053-2498(24)01741-8/fulltext

Follow along 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.

In this special episode of JHLT: The Podcast, the Digital Media Editors connect with Joseph Rogers, MD, the new Editor-in-Chief of JHLT.

In the conversation, Dr. Rogers shares more about his vision for the Journal, how he plans to tackle the challenges and opportunities facing the publication, and a little about his life both inside and outside of medicine.

In addition to being the new Editor-in-Chief, Dr. Rogers is the President and CEO of the Texas Heart Institute in Houston, a past president of the ISHLT, and a prolific contributor to the field of heart and lung transplantation.

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.

On the second August episode of JHLT: The Podcast, the Digital Media Editors discuss a paper from the August issue of JHLT, entitled “A modular simulation framework for organ allocation.”The episode is hosted by Digital Media Editor Erika Lease, MD, FCCP, a transplant pulmonologist from the University of Washington.

The guests for this episode are first author Johnie Rose, MD, PhD, of the Center for Community Health Integration at Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, and lead author Maryam Valapour, MD, MPP, of the Department of Pulmonary Medicine at the Cleveland Clinic.

In the episode, Drs. Rose and Valapour share the findings from their study, and tackle questions about the limitations of simulation models, what makes their COMET model different from past Simulation Allocation Models (SAMs), and why they made the project open-source.

Follow along at 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.