2015 American Transplant Congress
Development of a Post-Graduate Year 2 Solid Organ Transplant Pharmacy Residency Program at an Academic Medical Center
Department of Pharmacy, University of Alabama at Birmingham Hospital, Birmingham, AL.
The University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) Hospital performs a high volume of solid organ transplants each year, allowing for residents and students from many…2015 American Transplant Congress
Kidney Transplantation After Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation in Plasma Cell Dyscrasias
INTRODUCTION:The plasma cell dyscrasias (PCD) include a number of entities such as multiple myeloma (MM), primary amyloidosis (AL) and Monoclonal immunoglobulin deposition disease (MIDD). Hematopoietic…2015 American Transplant Congress
Preferences for Policy Options for Deceased Organ Donation for Transplantation: A Discrete Choice Experiment
Background: Despite broad public support for organ donation, there is a chronic shortage of deceased donor organs. We sought to identify features of an organ…2015 American Transplant Congress
Is There a Protective Value for Low Level Donor Specific Antibodies to Prevent Cardiac Allograft Vasculopathy After Heart Transplant?
Cedars-Sinai Heart Institute, Los Angeles, CA.
Purpose: Donor specific antibodies (DSA) following heart transplant has been reported to be associated with increased development of cardiac allograft vasculopathy (CAV) and risk of…2015 American Transplant Congress
Correlation of Longitudinal Gene-Expression Profiling Score to Cytomegalovirus Infection: Results from the Outcomes AlloMap® Registry
Purpose: Cytomegalovirus (CMV) infection has been implicated in the pathogenesis of allograft rejection, which is reflected by high gene-expression profiling (GEP) scores. In the IMAGE…2015 American Transplant Congress
Clinical Use of Gene-Expression Profiling to Monitor for Rejection After Cardiac Transplantation – Which Patients and When?
Background: Gene-expression profiling (GEP), in place of endomyocardial biopsy, is increasing. GEP testing is intended for low-risk asymptomatic patients (pts); thus, the profile of pts…2015 American Transplant Congress
T-Cell Immune Function Vs. Gene Expression Profiling for Heart Transplant Rejection
Cedars-Sinai Heart Institute, Los Angeles, CA.
Purpose: Non-invasive immune monitoring of heart transplant (HTx) patients (pts) is increasing in use. The AlloMap® blood test has proven helpful in surveillance of cardiac…2015 American Transplant Congress
Late Rejection in Pediatric Heart Transplantation: The Importance of Medical Adherence
Division of Pediatric Cardiology, Columbia University, New York, NY.
While the incidence of early rejection (<1 yr post-transplant) after pediatric heart transplant (HT) has decreased, late rejection (> 1 yr post-transplant) remains a constant…2015 American Transplant Congress
Long-Term Results After Heart Transplantation – A Randomized Trial Comparing Tacrolimus Versus Cyclosporine A in Combination With Mycophenolate Mofetil After a Mean Duration of 15 Years
Purpose. Development of cardiac allograft vasculopathy (CAV), renal dysfunction and malignancies are the main risks due to long-term immunosuppressive therapy after heart transplantation (HTx). We…2015 American Transplant Congress
The Correlation Between Donor Specific Antibodies and Heart Transplant Rejection
The presence of donor specific HLA antibodies (DSA) has been shown to be detrimental to heart transplant (HTx) survival. Virtual crossmatching (VXM) offers a rapid…
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