2015 American Transplant Congress
Comparison of Clinical Outcomes Between in the Spousal Donor Kidney Tranplants: Wife-to-Husband Versus Husband-to-Wife
Backgrounds:There is few clinical outcome data between the wife-to-husband recipients(WTHr) and husband-to-wife recipients(HTWr) kidney transplantation. This study was conducted to compare the clinical outcomes between…2015 American Transplant Congress
Expanding the Living Donor Pool: Results of ABO Incompatible Living Related Kidney Transplantation
Background: Organ shortage has led to an increase in living related kidney transplantation. Here we report on our program of expanding the living donor pool…2015 American Transplant Congress
Do Community-Solicited NDDs Experience More Coercion to Donate a Kidney Than Traditional NDD Donors?
New York Presbyterian Weill Cornell, New York, NY.
BACKGROUND:Studies of non-directed donors (NDDs) have shown comparable psychosocial functioning to traditional donors. Within NDDs there are some that come forward in response to community…2015 American Transplant Congress
The Effect of Changing Candidate Demographics on Living Donor Kidney Transplant Rates
Medicine, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA.
Living donor (LD) rates continue to decline despite a growing list of candidates for renal transplant in the US. While there are many factors driving…2015 American Transplant Congress
Live Kidney Donor Evaluation: Association of Race With Ineligibility
Background: African American (AA) waitlist candidates face many barriers to identifying LKDs. However, even if AA candidates identify a potential donor, it is unclear whether…2015 American Transplant Congress
Rituximab With Intravenous Immune Globulin in Sensitized Patients Awaiting Heart Transplant: Does It Work?
Cedars-Sinai Heart Institute, Los Angeles, CA.
Purpose: Highly sensitized heart transplant (HTx) recipients with donor specific antibodies (DSA) are at increased risk of rejection and death. Rituximab with Intravenous Immune Globulin…2015 American Transplant Congress
Kidney Vs. Heart Calculated PRA (CPRA) for Sensitized Heart Candidates: Does Donor Ethnic Distribution Make a Difference?
Background: CPRA, which is used for deceased donor (DD) kidney (KI) and pancreas/kidney-pancreas (PA/KP) allocation, is computed with KI DD HLA and ethnic frequencies. CPRA…2015 American Transplant Congress
Expedited Placement of Donor Hearts Increases Morbidity and Mortality Among Bypassed Potential Recipients – A Single Center Experience
Introduction: Organ procurement organizations (OPOs) may bypass potential recipients for expedited placement of donor organs. OPOs must provide justification for placing an organ outside the…2015 American Transplant Congress
Donor Age and Late Rejection Are Associated With the Development of Graft Coronary Artery Vasculopathy in Pediatric Heart Transplant Recipients
Division of Pediatric Cardiology, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, NY.
Purpose: Graft coronary artery vasculopathy (GCV) is one of the major causes of morbidity and mortality in pediatric heart transplant (HT) recipients, and in fact…2015 American Transplant Congress
The Effects of Various Cardiac Preservation Solutions on Survival After Heart Transplantation
Purpose: The optimal cardiac preservation solution is still debated. The purpose of this study is to determine whether the type of cardiac preservation solution has…
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