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2022 American Transplant Congress
Patient-Reported Physical Function Correlates with Liver Frailty Index and 4-Meter Gait Speed in Patients with Cirrhosis
A. J. Thuluvath, J. Peipert, K. Belfanti, S. Morrissey, O. Siddiqui, J. Levitsky, Z. Dietch, A. Flores, D. P. Ladner
Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL
*Purpose: Frailty is highly prevalent in patients with end-stage liver disease and strongly predicts waitlist and post-transplant mortality. The Liver Frailty Index (LFI) and 4-meter…
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Evaluation of Diabetes-Free Life Expectancy Among Living Kidney Donors and Non-Donors with Obesity: A Longitudinal Cohort Study
C. Killian¹, R. Reed¹, M. McLeod¹, P. MacLennan¹, V. Kumar¹, S. Brooks¹, A. Maynor¹, L. Stanford¹, G. Baker¹, C. Schinstock², J. Silkensen³, G. Roll⁴, D. Segev⁵, B. Orandi¹, C. Lewis¹, J. Locke¹
¹University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, ²Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, ³Hennepin County Medical Center, Minneapolis, MN, ⁴UCSF Medical Center, San Francisco, CA, ⁵Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD
*Purpose: The growing end stage kidney disease burden paired with substantial rates of obesity in the United States (US) has prompted increased approval of obese…
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Transjugular Intrahepatic Portosystemic Shunt Placement is Associated with Increased All-Cause and Cardiac Mortality in Those Undergoing Liver Transplant for Nonalcoholic Steatohepatitis
D. U. Lee¹, J. Han², J. Kwon², K. Chang², G. Fan², K. Lee¹, N. Urrunaga³, C. Bhati¹, D. Maluf³, K. Shetty³
¹Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, University of Maryland, Baltimore, MD, ²Tufts Medical Center, Boston, MA, ³University of Maryland, Baltimore, MD
*Purpose: Since the effect of transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt (TIPS) on post LT outcomes is not well understood, we undertook this analysis of a large…
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Creating a Workflow for the Electronic Medical Record Allows Living Donor Liver Transplantation Programs to Track Candidates and Identify Areas for Optimization
A. Liapakis¹, R. Batra¹, E. Cohen², D. Haakinson¹, M. Schilsky¹, K. Ventura², D. Mulligan¹
¹Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, ²Yale New Haven Hospital, New Haven, CT
*Purpose: To provide a pathway to increase living donor liver transplantation (LDLT) opportunities through creation of a simple workflow algorithm embedded within the EPIC electronic…
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Comparison of Immediate-Release Tacrolimus to Envarsus XR on the Development of Donor Specific Antibodies in Kidney Transplant Recipients
R. A. Arora, C. Kane, K. Lang, M. Kapugi, C. D'Agostino, K. Cunningham, S. H. Park
Northwestern Memorial Hospital, Chicago, IL
*Purpose: Major causes of de novo development of donor specific antibodies (DSA) after kidney transplant include medication noncompliance and immunosuppression minimization or elimination that may…
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Focal Distribution of TCMR Causes False Negative Results in Spatially Resolved Molecular Diagnostic Assays
P. Randhawa, Y. Huang
University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA
*Purpose: Molecular assays on ~3mm biopsy (BX) fragments of cannot confirm histologic T-cell mediated rejection (TCMR) in ~50% of routine biopsies, and fail to detect…
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Long-Term Outcomes of Crossmatch Positive Simultaneous Liver Kidney Transplants in the United States
S. Riad¹, E. Aby¹, S. Jackson², P. Nguyen³, N. Lim¹, J. Lake¹
¹Medicine, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, ²Mhealth-Fairview, Minneapolis, MN, ³Surgery, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN
*Purpose: The long-term results of crossmatch positive (XM+) simultaneous liver-kidney (SLK) transplants are conflicting. We examined the association between crossmatch (XM) status and SLK outcomes…
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Ex Vivo End Ischemic Hypothermic Oxygenated Perfusion (hope) Versus Static Cold Storage Prior To Liver Transplantation – Preliminary Results Of The Bridge To Hope Pivotal Multicenter Randomized Controlled Clinical Trial On The Safety And Effectiveness Of The Vitasmart Liver Machine Perfusion System (clinicaltrials.gov: Nct05045794)
D. J. Reich¹, A. Schlegel², M. Rizzari³, D. Foley⁴, M. DeVera⁵, W. Chapman⁶, G. Roll⁷, A. Saharia⁸, C. Quintini⁹, S. Florman¹⁰, S. Merani¹¹, S. Mao¹², A. Pinna¹³, M. Akoad¹⁴, C. Kubal¹⁵, S. Alexopoulos¹⁶, H. Bohorquez¹⁷
¹Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA, ²Careggi U, Florence, Italy, ³Henry Ford, Detroit, MI, ⁴U Wisconsin, Madison, WI, ⁵Loma Linda, Loma Linda, CA, ⁶Washington U, Saint Louis, MO, ⁷UCSF, SF, CA, ⁸Methodist, Houston, TX, ⁹Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH, ¹⁰Mount Sinai, NY, NY, ¹¹U Nebraska, Omaha, NE, ¹²Mayo, Jacksonville, FL, ¹³Cleveland Clinic, Weston, FL, ¹⁴Lahey, Burlington, MA, ¹⁵Indiana U, Indianapolis, IN, ¹⁶Vanderbilt, Nashville, TN, ¹⁷Ochsner, New Orleans, LA
*Purpose: Ex vivo end ischemic hypothermic oxygenated machine perfusion (HOPE) is a simple technique to improve liver transplant (LT) results and the donor shortage. HOPE…
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Better Antibody Response After a Dose of Ad.26.cov2.s vs MRNA Vaccines in Seronegative Transplant Recipients After 2-Dose MRNA Vaccination
J. L. Alejo¹, T. Chiang¹, J. Mitchell¹, A. Abedon¹, L. Thomas¹, A. Chang¹, S. Bae¹, R. Avery¹, A. Tobian¹, A. Massie¹, M. Levan¹, D. Warren¹, J. Garonzik-Wang², D. Segev¹, W. Werbel¹
¹JHU, Baltimore, MD, ²U of Wisconsin, Madison, WI
*Purpose: To compare antibody response to a third dose (D3) of SARS-CoV-2 vaccine in solid organ transplant recipients (SOTRs) with negative or low-positive antibody levels…
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Gender Affects the Association Between Serum Creatinine Levels and Clinical Response to Terlipressin in Patients with Hepatorenal Syndrome Type of Acute Kidney Injury
K. Jamil¹, R. Frederick², S. Pappas³
¹Hepatology, Mallinckrodt Pharmaceuticals, Clinton, NJ, ²Liver Disease/Hepatology & Transplant Hepatology, California Pacific Medical Center, San Francisco, CA, ³Orphan Therapeutics, LLC, Longboat Key, FL
*Purpose: Hepatorenal syndrome (HRS)-acute kidney injury (AKI) is a rare and serious complication of cirrhosis, with serum creatinine (SCr) used diagnostically. Women generally have less…