2017 American Transplant Congress
Scoring of Distinct Tubular Injury Features and Assessment of Cellular Proliferation and of Non-Apoptotic Cell Death by the Novel Marker FACL4 Allow to Determine the Long-Term Prognosis of Renal Grafts.
Acute tubular injury (ATI) is common in renal grafts and is related to an inferior long-term function. There is no consensus which of the tubular…2017 American Transplant Congress
Endovascular Management of Transplant Renal Artery Stenosis: A Safe and Effective Treatment.
Background:Transplant Renal Artery Stenosis (TRAS) is a low incidence complication, but if untreated, can lead to graft failure, refractory hypertension (HT) and reduced life expectancy.…2017 American Transplant Congress
Efficacy and Safety of Direct Acting Antivirals in Kidney Transplant Recipients with Chronic Hepatitis C Virus Infection.
Indiana University Health, Indianapolis
Background: Chronic Hepatitis C Virus (HCV) infection has a negative impact on graft survival. Prior treatments were poorly tolerated and had minimal cure rates. The…2017 American Transplant Congress
A Comparative Study of Patient and Graft Qualities Between Abo-Compatible and -Incompatible Recipients More Than Ten Years After Kidney Transplantation.
Urology, Tokyo Women's Medical University, Tokyo, Japan
Background. The long-term benefits of ABO-I kidney transplantation in terms of adverse events due to severe immunosuppression immediately before transplantation remain unclear.Patients and Methods. Between…2017 American Transplant Congress
NFAT-Regulated Cytokine Gene Expression for Immune Monitoring in Kidney Transplant Recipients – A Randomized Controlled Trial.
Purpose: To demonstrate that a pharmacodynamics assay using Real Time (RT)-PCR to measure residual expression (RE) of nuclear factor of activated T cell (NFAT)-dependent cytokines…2017 American Transplant Congress
Sequential Liver-Kidney Transplantation Is Equivalent to Simultaneous Liver–Kidney Transplantation in Candidates Requiring Dialysis Pre-Transplant.
Surgery, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC
Introduction: Liver transplant is the optimal therapy for patients with end-stage liver disease (ESLD). Appropriately-selected candidates with renal impairment benefit from transplantation of liver and…2017 American Transplant Congress
Waitlist Outcomes of Patients Re-Listed Following Failed Donation After Cardiac Death (DCD) Liver Transplant.
Transplant, Mayo Clinic Florida, Jacksonville, FL
Introduction: The outcome for patients re-listed after developing ischemic cholangiopathy(IC) or graft failure following liver transplant(LT) from a DCD donor, remains a significant concern. Better…2017 American Transplant Congress
National Trends in Utilization of Donation After Cardiac Death Donor Livers for Transplantation.
Background: Optimizing utilization of donation after cardiac death (DCD) livers is imperative to address organ shortage. Understanding factors that contribute to DCD liver discards is…2017 American Transplant Congress
Survival Benefit of Liver Transplantation for Patients with MELD Spike.
We recently showed that patients with a recent sudden MELD increase of >30% over 7 days (MELD spike) have higher waitlist mortality than patients with…2017 American Transplant Congress
Proposal for HCC Exception Points to Match Drop Out Risk.
1CMU, Pittsburgh; 2City U, Hong Kong, Hong Kong; 3MGH, Boston
Background: Recent changes in HCC exception point policy aims to equalize wait list outcomes between HCC and non-HCC patients, but remains dissociated from tumor biology.…
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