2015 American Transplant Congress
Combined Robotic Kidney Transplantation and Sleeve Gastrectomy in Obese Recipients: Initial Results from Prospective Randomized Study
Surgery, Division of Transplantation, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL.
IntroductionIn many transplant centers, patients with a BMI above 40 kg/m2 are either completely excluded or required to lose weight before being considered for kidney…2015 American Transplant Congress
Association of Pulmonary Hypertension at Kidney Transplant Evaluation and Subsequent Outcomes Following Transplantation
Background - Pulmonary hypertension (PH) is common among patients with end stage renal disease (ESRD) who depend on dialysis before transplant, and PH is associated…2015 American Transplant Congress
Cardiac Troponin T (cTNT) in the Assessment of Kidney Transplant (KTx) Benefit and Risk
1Nephrology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN; 2Surgery, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN.
Introduction. Compared to waiting list (WL) KTx improves patient survival. However, mortality may increase early post-KTx. cTNT level at candidate evaluation is a strong, independent…2015 American Transplant Congress
Effect of Everolimus on Left Ventricular Hypertrophy in De Novo Kidney Transplant Recipients: 12-Month Results from the ELEVATE Study
Background: Left ventricular hypertrophy (LVH) is common in kidney transplant recipients (KTxR) and has shown to be a risk factor for death and heart failure…2015 American Transplant Congress
A Prospective and Randomized Study of Conversion from Tacrolimus to Cyclosporine A to Improve Glucose Metabolism in Patients With New-Onset Diabetes Mellitus After Renal Transplantation
Background: The present prospective and randomized study was designed to assess whether conversion from tacrolimus (Tac) to cyclosporine A (CsA) can reverse posttransplantation diabetes mellitus…2015 American Transplant Congress
Retransplantation of the Elderly Diabetic: To Do Or Not to Do?
Division of Nephrology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI.
INTRODUCTION: An increasingly common cause of transplantation is retransplantation. Often, a dilemma exists as to which patients should be considered for retransplantation especially when the…2015 American Transplant Congress
Timing of Pregnancy and Risk of Kidney Allograft Failure
Division of Nephrology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada.
The optimal timing of pregnancy after kidney transplantation remains uncertain. In this analysis of 23,981 female first-kidney only transplant recipients of child-bearing age (15-45 years),…2015 American Transplant Congress
Pregnancy Outcomes in Female Kidney Transplant Recipients: Does Ethnicity Have an Influence?
The purpose of this study was to analyze pregnancy outcomes in female kidney transplant recipients by ethnicity. Data were collected by the National Transplantation Pregnancy…2015 American Transplant Congress
Pregnancy Outcomes in Kidney Recipients With Longer Transplant to Conception Intervals
The purpose of this study was to analyze pregnancy outcomes in female kidney transplant recipients with transplant to conception intervals (TCI) after the recommended 2…2015 American Transplant Congress
Morphometric Age as a Predictor of Survival Following Kidney Transplantation
1University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI; 2Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH.
INTRODUCTION: Better measures of pre-operative risk stratification are needed in kidney transplantation. Analytic morphomics, which utilizes pre-operative imaging, has been shown to objectively assess mortality…
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