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VAD
100
A standard 3-drug regimen in the first month after transplant?
What is Prograf, Cellcept, and Prednisone
100
How long do we routinely do Biopsies after transplant?
What is one year
100
What is Life Care Planning
Advanced care planning within KP
100
In which year did the KPNC Transplant Service start?
What is 1994
100
What is the way we measure blood pressure with VAD patients?
What is a MAP (mean arterial pressure)
200
What medication is used after transplant if you develop coronary disease?
What is Sirolimus/Everolimus
200
What AlloMap value is the cut off for possible rejection?
What is >34
200
Key characteristics of this mental health condition that includes fear, worrying, and avoidance?
What is anxiety
200
This surgeon performed the 1st transplant in the U.S?
Who is Dr. Norman Shumway
200
What procedure is done to optimize VAD speed?
What is a RAMP study
300
What is a new heart failure medication that replaces Lisinopril and Losartan?
What is Entresto
300
What is the name of the blood test that monitors for fluid retention?
What is a BNP
300
What Kaiser department offers behavioral health classes?
What is Health Education Dept
300
What are the names of our two new Cardiologists?
Who is Dr. Varr & Dr. Taz
300
What imaging study can VAD patients NOT obtain?
What is an MRI
400
A common reason people don’t tolerate Lisinopril?
What is a cough
400
What is the most common cancer after heart transplant?
What is skin cancer
400
What Kaiser dept helps people develop skills for long term abstinence from alcohol and substances?
What is CDRP
400
Name the foods that are not allowed for post transplant patients?
What is grapefruits, ruby red oranges, and raw fish.
400
What is ventricular assist device on the right side of the heart?
What is an RVAD
500
This medication requires regular blood tests to make sure your blood is not too thin or too thick?
What is Coumadin or Warfarin
500
This infection commonly causes diarrhea in heart transplant recipient?
What is CMV
500
One thing you could do if you feel like hurting yourself?
Go to the ER, Call Flavio or Janet, Transplant Physician, Call 9-1-1.
500
What is the name of the Cardiac Surgeon who just joined the Kaiser Team from SUMC?
Who is Dr. Rich Ha
500
The management strategy by which the VAD is placed with the intent to leave in for the rest of the patient's life?
What is DT or destination therapy