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2022 American Transplant Congress
Final Report of the Use of α-Lipoic Acid in Liver Transplantation to Prevent Ischemia Reperfusion Injury
P. C. Casciato¹, N. Ambrosi², F. Caro², L. Oliveira¹, F. Zalazar¹, A. Garmendia¹, M. Bonifacio¹, M. Padilla¹, J. Paladini¹, J. Di Menno¹, J. Pekjol¹, E. de Santibañes¹, M. de Santibañes¹, G. Adrian¹, C. Incardona¹, E. Chuluyan²
¹Hospital Italiano, Buenos Aires, Argentina, ²CEFYBO, Buenos Aires, Argentina
*Purpose: The ischemia and reperfusion injury contributs to grafts deterioration and adverse post-transplant outcomes. The aim of the present study was to evaluate the safety…
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Escalating Waitlist Mortality Above MELD 40: A Rationale to Uncap MELD 3.0?
A. Kwong, A. Mannalithara, W. Kim
Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Stanford University, Stanford, CA
*Purpose: MELD 3.0 is a recently proposed model that improves upon MELD-Na, incorporating sex and albumin as additional variables, updating existing coefficients and adding relevant…
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Impact of Target Tacrolimus Levels on BK Polyomavirus DNAemia and Allograft Rejection Among Pediatric Kidney Transplant Recipients
H. Huang¹, P. Winterberg¹, R. George¹, A. Serluco², R. Liverman², I. Yildirim³, R. Garro¹
¹Emory University School of Medicine and Children's Healthcare of Atlanta, Atlanta, GA, ²Children's Healthcare of Atlanta, Atlanta, GA, ³Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT
*Purpose: BK Polyomavirus (BK) DNAemia is a serious and common infectious complication after kidney transplant (KT). We evaluated the impact of targeting lower tacrolimus levels…
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Sirolimus Regimens After Kidney Transplantation: Role of Pre-Transplant Risk Factors in Modifying the Risk of Mortality in Adult Recipients
A. Santos¹, H. Ibrahim¹, M. A. Leghrouz¹, X. Wen²
¹University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, ²University of Rhode Island, Kinston, RI
*Purpose: We aimed to investigate the role of risk factors in modifying the association of sirolimus with mortality in kidney transplant (KT) recipients (KTRs).*Methods: Using…
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Timing of Hypotension Post Kidney Transplant Impacts the Risk of Subsequent Delayed Graft Function
S. A. Morrison¹, A. Thanamayooran², K. Tennankore¹, A. J. Vinson¹
¹Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS, Canada, ²Nova Scotia Health Authority, Halifax, NS, Canada
*Purpose: Hypotension is common post-kidney transplant and is associated with delayed graft function (DGF; a need for dialysis in the first week post-transplant) and prolonged…
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ESRD is Increasing Faster After Living Kidney Donation Than it Does in the Unselected US Population: A New Risk Metric?
R. W. Steiner
UCSD School of Medicine, San Diego, San Diego, CA
*Purpose: ESRD rates increase exponentially both after kidney donation and as the US population ages. Increases in ESRD rates from the first to the second…
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Functional Recellularized Patient Derived Endothelium; A Human Vascular Graft Approach
H. Tejeda Mora¹, J. Willemse², Y. den Hartog¹, I. Schurink², M. M. Verstegen², J. de Jonge², R. C. Minnee², M. W. van den Hoogen², C. C. Baan¹, L. J. van der Laan², M. J. Hoogduijn¹
¹Transplant Institute - Internal Medicine, Erasmus Medical Center, Rotterdam, Netherlands, ²Transplant Institute - Department of Surgery, Erasmus Medical Center, Rotterdam, Netherlands
*Purpose: In transplantation, the endothelial lining is the first barrier between the donor organ and recipient immune system. Damaged endothelium exposes extracellular matrix (ECM) molecules…
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Superoxide in Cardiac Allografts from Donors After Circulatory Death
M. Urban¹, T. Bruett², K. F. Duncan¹, N. W. Markin³, M. M. Chacon³, M. C. Zimmerman⁴
¹Department of Surgery. Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE, ²College of Medicine. Department of Cellular and Integtrative Physiology., University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE, ³Department of Anesthesiology, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE, ⁴Department of Cellular and Integrative Physiology, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE
*Purpose: Quality of cardiac allografts from donors after circulatory death (DCD) is adversely impacted by warm ischemia and subsequent reperfusion during organ resuscitation. Post-transplant myocardial…
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Dual Deceased Donor Kidney Transplants: Maximizing Utilization of Suboptimal Kidneys
S. Nagaraju, S. Vaishnav, K. Boggs, T. Cook, A. Jones, J. B. Africa
Renal Transplant, Charleston Area Medical Center, Charleston, WV
*Purpose: To demonstrate that dual transplant of marginal kidneys is an underutilized strategy to minimize discard rates and mitigate organ shortage.*Methods: We compared dual kidney…
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Can We Predict Progression of Potential Donation After Cardiac Death Donors (DCD) Using DonorNet?
Y. Bababekov¹, A. Yule¹, H. Moore¹, R. Choudhury², C. Hertert³, T. Pshak⁴, T. Nydam⁵, B. Kaplan¹, E. Pomfret¹, J. Pomposelli⁵
¹Transplant Surgery, University of Colorado, Aurora, CO, ²University of Colorado Hospital, Denver, CO, ³Donor Alliance, Denver, CO, ⁴University of Colorado, Denver, CO, ⁵University of Colorado, Aurora, CO
*Purpose: DCD utilization of livers is limited by unpredictability of progression, perceived worse outcome, and costs related to deployment of resources. We aimed to predict…