2013 American Transplant Congress
Cardiovascular Disease and Kidney Disease Progression in Kidney Transplant Recipients
Background: Kidney transplant recipients have a high prevalence of cardiovascular disease (CVD) and CVD risk factors, such that CVD is the leading cause of mortality.…2013 American Transplant Congress
Standardized Referral Ratio (SRR): A New Quality Measure, The
Purpose: Variability in dialysis facility-level kidney transplant (KTx) rates have been reported, but little is known about KTx referral rates by dialysis facilities. No studies…2013 American Transplant Congress
Transplantation Outcomes in Treating Primary Hyperoxaluria (PH) in Pittsburgh. Is the Liver Really That Important?
Abdominal Transplant Surgery, UPMC, Pittsburgh, PA; Transplant Nephrology, UPMC, Pittsburgh, PA
Introduction and aim: Recent data has shown that Liver with kidney transplantation preserves better renal function of the kidney allograft in PH related end stage…2013 American Transplant Congress
Spectrum of Acute Cellular Rejection Episodes after Lung Re-Transplantation: A Single Center Study
Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, OH
Purpose: Increasing number of lung re-transplantation (LRT) after chronic rejection are being performed worldwide. Patients who undergo LRT are unique by way of higher likelihood…2013 American Transplant Congress
Association of the Six-Minute Walk Test (6MWT) with Prevalent Cardiovascular Disease (CVD) in a Renal Transplant Evaluation Clinic, The
The self-paced 6MWT measures the distance walked in 6 minutes and predicts morbidity and mortality in patients with CVD and pulmonary disease. There are no…2013 American Transplant Congress
Tolerance of ACE-Inhibitor/ARB Use Post Renal Transplant
Comprehensive Transplant Center, The Ohio State University Medical Center, Columbus, OH
Background: Angiotensin converting enzyme inhibitors (ACEI) and angiotensin recpetor blockers(ARB)) are well documented to be potent antihypertensives with renoprotective effects but are grossly underutilized in…2013 American Transplant Congress
Role of Interleukin-33/ST2 Pathway in Hepatic Ischemia/Reperfusion Injury, The
Purpose We sought to determine the role IL-33 and its receptor ST2, a novel alarmin signaling in the IL-1 family, by which contributes to inflammatory…2013 American Transplant Congress
Early Antibody-Mediated Rejection Portends Worse Long-Term Renal Graft and Patient Survival
Surgery, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD
Antibody-mediated rejection (AMR) incidence will increase as incompatible renal transplantation becomes more common. Our objective was to determine the effects of early (<1 year) AMR…2013 American Transplant Congress
Immunophenotyping and Targeting of Plasma Cells in Sensitized Nonhuman Primates
Emory Transplant Center, Atlanta, GA
Introduction: Alloantibodies contribute significantly to the development of chronic rejection, the leading cause of long-term graft failure in organ transplantation. As interest in treating and…2013 American Transplant Congress
Totally Laparoscopic Living Liver Donor Procedurement Including Two Full Left Lobes
Living donor liver transplantation has become a standard of care in many regions of the world. Live liver donation is associated with a high incidence…
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