2017 American Transplant Congress
Lung Preservation Solution Exposure at Cardiac Procurement Is Associated Increased Incidence of Coronary Arterial Vasculopathy.
Purpose: To evaluate cardiac recipient survival and incidence of coronary artery vasculopathy (CAV) in recipient hearts that have been exposed to lung preservation solution, Perfadex.Methods:…2017 American Transplant Congress
Sequential Surgical Strategy for Heart-Kidney Transplantation.
Purpose: To describe a unique sequential surgical strategy for heart-kidney transplantation.Methods: We reviewed all 6 patients who received combined heart-kidney transplants at our institution between…2017 American Transplant Congress
Improved Creatinine Immediately Post-LVAD Predicts Lower AKI Risk After Heart Transplant.
Background-Left ventricular assist device(LVAD) placement often improves renal function in patients with advanced heart failure. In those bridged to transplant with LVAD support it is…2017 American Transplant Congress
Malignancy in Patients Undergoing Simultaneous Heart-Liver and Heart-Kidney Transplant.
University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
Purpose: While evidence suggests that patients undergoing simultaneous heart-liver and heart-kidney transplant may have improved immunoprotection from allograft rejection versus patients undergoing heart transplant only,…2017 American Transplant Congress
Implementing a Successful DCD Heart Programme to the United Kingdom.
Organ Donation and Transplantation, NHS Blood and Transplant, Bristol, United Kingdom
The UK has the most successful DCD heart programme in the world which has primarily been developed in one region in England. Due to a…2017 American Transplant Congress
Routine Surveillance of Heart Transplant Recipients with Gene Expression Profiling: Lack of an Impact of Race on Outcomes.
Purpose: Patients of African descent have been reported to have less favorable outcomes after heart transplantation than patients of European descent. However, the impact of…2017 American Transplant Congress
In the Modern Era, Cytomegalovirus Does Not Appear to Increase Intimal Thickening After Heart Transplantation.
Cedars-Sinai Heart Institute, Los Angeles
Background: Cytomegalovirus (CMV) has been associated with the subsequent development of cardiac allograft vasculopathy (CAV) after heart transplantation. In the more recent era, CMV has…2017 American Transplant Congress
Does the Model for End Stage Liver Disease (MELD) Score Predict Outcome in Total Artificial Heart Patients?
Cedars-Sinai Heart Institute, Los Angeles
The total artificial heart (TAH) is being used for biventricular failure in patients with severe heart disease. Patients(pts) who have received a left ventricular assist…2017 American Transplant Congress
Longer Ischemic Time Is Associated with Late Graft Dysfunction in Pediatric Heart Transplant Recipients.
1Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC; 2UT Southwestern, Dallas, TX
Introduction: The purpose of this study was to investigate associations between clinical factors and cardiac function as measured by pressure-volume loops (PVL) in a pediatric…2017 American Transplant Congress
Hypogammaglobulinemia in Pediatric Heart Transplant Candidates Is Not Corrected by Transplantation.
Introduction: Hypogammaglobulinemia (HG) is associated with poor outcomes in adult heart transplant recipients but is not well studied in pediatric recipients. We therefore investigated longitudinal…
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