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2021 American Transplant Congress
Kidney Transplantation Alone in Patients with Compensated Cirrhosis: A Multicenter Study
A. Kassem¹, S. Asrani¹, S. W. Biggins², Y. Darwish¹, M. Nadim³, B. Fischbach¹, T. Fong³
¹Baylor University Medical Center at Dallas, Dallas, TX, ²University of Washington, Seattle, WA, ³USC - Keck, Los Angeles, CA
*Purpose: Patients undergoing kidney transplant (KTA) often have risk factors for liver disease including viral hepatitis and non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD). Recent European Association…
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Effects of Timing of Everolimus Transition on Renal Outcomes in Liver Transplant Recipients
M. Leick¹, H. Belleau², T. McCashland³
¹Nebraska Medicine, Omaha, NE, ²Bryan Health, Lincoln, NE, ³University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE
*Purpose: The purpose of this study is to evaluate the effects of the timing of everolimus transition on renal outcomes in liver transplant recipients.*Methods: This…
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Outcomes of Transjugular Intrahepatic Portosystemic Shunts (TIPS) in Dialysis-Dependent ESLD Patients: The ALTA Study
J. Ge¹, J. Boike², M. German³, G. J. Morelli⁴, E. Spengler³, A. Said³, A. S. Lee³, A. Hristov³, A. Desai⁵, T. Couri⁶, S. Paul⁶, C. Frenette⁷, N. Christian-Miller⁷, M. Laurito⁸, E. Verna⁸, U. Rahim⁹, A. Goel⁹, D. Gregory², L. VanWagner², K. P. Kolli¹, J. Lai¹
¹University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, ²Northwestern Memorial Hospital, Chicago, IL, ³University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI, ⁴University of Florida Health, Gainsville, FL, ⁵Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN, ⁶University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, ⁷The Scripps Clinic, La Jolla, CA, ⁸Columbia University, New York, NY, ⁹Stanford University, Stanford, CA
*Purpose: Data on the outcomes of patients with cirrhosis who require renal replacement therapy (RRT) at the time of transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunts (TIPS) is…
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Outcomes of Kidney Transplant Recipients (KTRs) Comparing Brain Dead Donors’ vs Donation After Cardiac Death Stratified by KDPI, Focus on Marginal Kidneys: A UNOS Database Analysis
B. Chopra¹, K. K. Sureshkumar¹, D. Rajasundaram², E. C. Rodrigo³
¹Allegheny Health Network, Pittsburgh, PA, ²UPMC, Pittsburgh, PA, ³University Hospital Marqués de Valdecilla, Santander, Spain
*Purpose: In deceased donor kidney transplantation (DDKT), donation after cardiac death (DCD) is associated with increased cytokine release and renal tubular injury with consequent increase…
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The Pathology of Heart Allograft Biopsies: Discrepancies in Interpretation Between Conventional Histology and the Molecular Microscope Diagnostic (MMDx®) System
P. Randhawa¹, A. Seitz², Y. Huang¹, B. Feingold²
¹Department of Pathology, Pittsburgh, PA, ²Pediatrics, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA
*Purpose: There is growing interest in using transcriptomics to complement histologic evaluation of allograft hearts. The present study scrutinizes discrepancies between histologic and MMDx® systems…
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Quilty Lesions are Associated with a Tolerance Profile in Heart Allografts Biopsies
J. Torrealba, S. Moore, S. Sathirareuangchai, L. De Las Casas, Q. Cai
Pathology, UTSW Medical Ctr, Dallas, TX
*Purpose: Previously, in 42 cardiac allograft biopsies, we demonstrated that the presence of Foxp3+ innate and TGF- β + adaptive regulatory lymphocytes in Quilty lesions…
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Acute Kidney Injury Requiring Dialysis in Heart Transplant Recipients is a Risk Factor for Graft Failure and Overall Mortality
M. A. Merzkani, H. Murad, A. Pottebaum, A. Java, A. Malone, J. Schilling, A. Itoh, R. Delos Santos, T. Alhamad
Transplant, Washington University, Saint Louis, MO
*Purpose: Acute Kidney Injury (AKI) is a frequent complication of heart transplantation. However, with recent allocation changes, we have increasingly complex patients with a higher…
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Assessing the Impact of Acute Major Adverse Kidney Events on Clinical Outcomes in Heart Transplant Recipients
J. E. Kelly¹, C. Perez¹, D. Taber¹, R. J. Tedford², B. McMahon², S. Alzaidi¹, H. B. Meadows¹
¹Pharmacy, MUSC Health, Charleston, SC, ²Medicine, MUSC Health, Charleston, SC
*Purpose: The purpose of this study was to elucidate contributors to the Major Adverse Kidney Events at 30 days (MAKE-30) outcome in heart transplant recipients…
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The Impact of Covid-19 Pandemic on Living Donor Liver and Renal Transplantations in Japan: A Nationwide Survey
S. Yamanaga¹, T. Hibi², R. Osawa³, K. Yuzawa⁴, H. Egawa⁵, K. Kuramitsu⁶
¹General Surgery, Japanese Red Cross Kumamoto Hospital, Kumamoto, Japan, ²Pediatric Surgery and Transplantation, Kumamoto University, Kumamoto, Japan, ³Infectious disease, Kameda medical center, Kamogawa, Japan, ⁴Transplant Surgery, Mito Medical Center, Higashiibaraki District, Japan, ⁵Gastrointestinal Surgery, Tokyo Women's Medical University Hospital, Shinjyuku-ku, Japan, ⁶HBP surgery, Kobe University, Kobe, Japan
*Purpose: COVID-19 brought a huge impact on the field of organ transplantation. On 6th March, the Japan Society for Transplantation (JST) COVID-19 task force published…
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Impact of Statin Intensity on the Incidence of Vascular Events and Graft Survival in Heart Transplant Recipients
E. Kim¹, I. Booth², R. Madathil³, B. Ravichandran¹, M. Demehin², M. Plazak²
¹University of Maryland School of Pharmacy, Baltimore, MD, ²Pharmacy, University of Maryland Medical Center, Baltimore, MD, ³University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD
*Purpose: Cardiac allograft vasculopathy (CAV) limits long-term graft survival of heart transplant (HT) recipients. In addition to decreased synthesis of cholesterol, statins also demonstrate immunomodulatory…