2016 American Transplant Congress
Predicting Early Cardiac Death After Kidney Transplantation.
Medicine, University Hospitals Case Medical Center, Cleveland, OH.
Background: Early cardiac mortality is a devastating occurrence after transplantation. We sought to analyze risk factors and patient characteristics, including the estimated post transplant survival…2016 American Transplant Congress
Renal Transplant in Obese Recipients: Consideration of Donor and Recipient Factors Can Improve Outcomes.
Division of Transplantation, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI.
Background: Obesity rates in the transplant population are increasing. Previous studies are limited by small sample sizes, short-term follow up, and conflicting results. Factors including…2016 American Transplant Congress
Pre-Transplant Coronary Artery Disease: An Underestimated Risk Factor for Post-Transplant Mortality?
Nephrology, Charite Universitaetsmedizin, Berlin, Germany.
Background: Coronary artery disease is a frequent comorbidity among transplant candidates. Limited data exist on the long-term outcomes of kidney transplant recipients (KTR) with pre-existing…2016 American Transplant Congress
Replicative Senescence and Arteriosclerosis After Kidney Transplantation.
BackgroundReplicative senescence is associated with telomere shortening. In native kidneys, obtained prior to transplantation, we recently described and validated a significant association between shorter intrarenal…2016 American Transplant Congress
Muscle Density Is Associated with Mortality Among Kidney Waitlist Candidates.
Background: Morphometric assessments, such as muscle density and body fat distribution, have emerged as strong predictors of cardiovascular risk and post-operative morbidity and mortality. To…2016 American Transplant Congress
Alkaline Phosphatase a New Marker for Graft Outcome and High Pulse Wave Velocity in Renal Transplant Recipients.
Purpose: Alkaline phosphatase (ALP) is a marker of bone turnover which is widely used for estimating type of bone turnover in patients with end-stage renal…2016 American Transplant Congress
Soluble ST2 and Cardiovascular (CV) Outcomes and Mortality in Kidney Transplant Candidates.
1Mayo Clinic, Phoenix, AZ; 2Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN.
Introduction: Soluble ST2(sST2), involved in T-cell mediated inflammation and cardiac fibrosis, is a better predictor of cardiovascular events(CVE) in heart failure(HF) and is less affected…2016 American Transplant Congress
The Intrarenal Resistive Index Measured After Transplantation Is Determined by the Upstream Vascular System of the Recipient.
Objective: We recently demonstrated that the renal resistive index, measured after renal transplantation, reflects recipient characteristics, like recipient age and central hemodynamics, and not so…2016 American Transplant Congress
Circulating Immune Complexes of IgA Bound to Beta 2 Glycoprotein I Is a Predictive Marker for Graft Loss in Patients Positive for IgA aB2GPI.
Immunology, Instituto de Investigación Hospital 12 de Octubre, Madrid, Spain.
Pretransplant IgA anti Beta-2-Glycoprotein 1 antibodies (IgA aB2GPI) is a risk marker for early kidney graft lost, mainly by thrombosis. About 30% of patients are…2016 American Transplant Congress
Higher Pre-Transplant HDL Levels Are Associated with Decreased Acute Rejection Following Kidney Transplant.
Purpose: Dyslipidemia is a common comorbidity in patients on the transplant waitlist and post-transplant, and hyperlipidemia has been associated with more robust immune response, possibly…
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