Year: 2016
Type: article
Abstract: 1 houstonmethodist.org/debakey-journalHeart, kidney, and respiratory failure account for significant morbidity and mortality in the world.Solid organ replacement by transplantation and assistance with mechanical devices for those with heart failure are, for many patients, the only options to treat these devastating diseases.Since its inception, Houston Methodist Hospital's J.C. Walter Jr. Transplant Center has been on the forefront of investigating the underlying mechanisms that regulate disease and developing new strategies in end-organ failure.As one of the leading solid organ transplant centers in the world and the largest in Texas, the Houston Methodist J.C. Walter Jr. Transplant Center brings together an unparalleled concentration of expertise in the field.This supplement of the Methodist DeBakey Cardiovascular Journal harnesses that expertise to present topics covering a broad spectrum of disease.Our goal is to provide health care professionals with the platform they need to care for these enormously complex patients, many of whom suffer from multiorgan failure.Each year, the center's Wade Suki and George Noon transplant conference permits us to share a wealth of knowledge across disciplines, fostering collaboration among national and international experts.A highlight of our conference is to recognize two transplant giants-one in the field of nephrology, Dr. Wadi Suki, and the other, Dr. George P. Noon, whose wellknown surgical career has focused exclusively on organ transplantation and cardiac assist devices.In this supplement, we provide highlights from our most recent conference addressing frontiers in organ failure and transplant management.We open with a review by Drs.Barry Freedman and Todd Robinson discussing the important relationships between the apolipoprotein L1 renal-risk variants and the disparate risk and protective observations in cardiovascular disease related to this gene.Cardiac and renal relationships are further explored in a review that focuses on phosphorus regulation.Here, Dr. Suki and dietician Linda Moore cite the observations linking higher serum phos-
Authors: Jerry D. Estep, A. Osama Gaber
Institution: Houston Methodist
Language: English
Subfield: Surgery
Field: Medicine
Domain: Health Sciences
Open Access status: diamond
OpenAlex ID: W2594724588