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2021 American Transplant Congress
Outcomes of Kidney Transplant Recipients With Sickle Cell Disease: An Analysis of the 2000-2019 UNOS/OPTN Database
N. Leeaphorn¹, C. Thongprayoon², C. Jadlowiec³, A. Chewcharat⁴, P. Hansrivijit⁵, S. Katari¹, P. Vaitla⁶, L. Cummings¹, M. Cooper⁷, W. Cheungpasitporn²
¹Saint Luke's Health System, Kansas City, MO, ²Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, ³Mayo Clinic, Phoenix, AZ, ⁴Mount Auburn Hospital, Cambridge, MA, ⁵University of Pittsburgh Medical Center Pinnacle, Harrisburg, PA, ⁶University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson, MS, ⁷Medstar Georgetown Transplant Institute, Washington, DC
*Purpose: Lower patient survival has been observed in sickle cell disease (SCD) patients who go on to receive a kidney transplant. This study aimed to…
2021 American Transplant Congress
Angiotensin II Type-1 Receptor Antibodies are Associated with Inferior Renal Allograft Survival
P. Martin, E. Santos, N. Gunby, M. Willicombe
Renal Department, Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust, London, United Kingdom
*Purpose: AT1R-antibodies have been implicated in antibody-mediated vascular rejection in the absence of detectable HLA donor specific antibody (DSA), in addition to cardiovascular diseases. Transplant…
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Right Kidneys and Kidneys with Complex Anatomy are More Likely to be Transplanted to the Waiting List in a National Kidney Paired Donation Program
N. Osbun¹, A. Thomas², A. Waterman³, J. Veale¹, D. Segev², D. Leeser⁴
¹Urology, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, ²Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, ³University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, ⁴East Carolina University, Greenville, NC
*Purpose: In the era of laparoscopic donor nephrectomy, there is a preference for left kidneys with a single renal artery. In paired exchange, the receiving…
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Liver Transplant Justified at Any Meld Score?
H. Oden-Brunson, E. Godfrey, H. Flores, A. Rana
Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX
*Purpose: Assessing the survival benefit of transplantation in patients with chronic liver failure is critical in guiding the decision-making process for liver allocation. Current protocols…
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State-level Trend in the Prevalence of Non-alcoholic Steatohepatitis for Liver Transplant Candidates in the United States, 2001-2017
S. Chang¹, M. Wang¹, M. Pozo², D. Ladner², D. Borja-Cacho²
¹Washington University School of Medicine, Saint Louis, MO, ²Northwestern University, Chicago, IL
*Purpose: As variation in the prevalence of obesity across states continues to grow, the prevalence of nonalcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH) is also rising. However, little is…
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The Unintended Financial Consequences of Acuity Circles for Liver Allocation – Two-fold Increase in Import Fees and Higher Organ Acquisition Cost Despite Unchanged Travel Patterns
A. Wall, S. Asrani, G. McKenna, E. Martinez, R. Ruiz, H. Fernandez, J. Bayer, A. Gupta, N. Onaca, R. Goldstein, J. Trotter, G. Testa
Abdominal Transplant Surgery, Baylor University Medical Center, Dallas, TX
*Purpose: The recent initiation of acuity circles (AC) as the basis for liver allocation is associated with broader sharing and potentially greater travel and increased…
2021 American Transplant Congress
Classification of Distinct Patterns of Ischemic Cholangiopathy Following DCD Liver Transplantation: Distinct Clinical Courses and Long-Term Outcomes from a Multicenter Cohort
K. P. Croome¹, A. K. Mathur², B. Aqel², L. Yang¹, J. K. Heimbach³, T. Taner³, C. B. Rosen³, R. Paz-Fumagalli¹, C. Taner¹
¹Mayo Clinic Jacksonville, Jacksonville, FL, ²Mayo Clinic Arizona, Scottsdale, AZ, ³Mayo Clinic Rochester, Rochester, MN
*Purpose: As the number of donation after circulatory death (DCD) liver transplants (LTs) performed in the United States continues to increase annually, there has been…
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Outcomes of Kidney Transplantation in HIV Positive Highly Sensitized Recipients
S. Karhadkar, J. Panichella, H. Resweber, K. Nguyen, A. Di Carlo, S. Karhadkar
Temple University School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA
*Purpose: Since the introduction of highly active antiretroviral therapy, HIV+ individuals are living longer, which has led to higher rates of end stage renal disease…
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Impact of Graft Quality on Patient Survival in Sick Patients
G. Handing¹, S. Keeling¹, C. Christmann¹, N. Galvan², C. O’Mahony², J. Goss², R. Cotton², A. Rana²
¹School of Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, ²Michael E DeBakey Department of Surgery, Division of Abdominal Transplant, Houston, TX
*Purpose: It is widely accepted in the literature that patients who have a Model for End Stage Liver Disease (MELD) Score greater than 30 incur…
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A Randomized, Multicenter, Blinded Study Assessing the Effects of Gaseous Nitric Oxide in an Ex Vivo System of Human Lungs
M. G. Hartwig¹, J. A. Klapper¹, N. Poola², A. Banga³, P. G. Sanchez⁴, J. S. Murala³, J. L. Potenziano²
¹Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC, ²Mallinckrodt Pharmaceuticals, Bedminster, NJ, ³University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, ⁴University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, PA
*Purpose: The effects of nitric oxide (NO) on donor lungs during ex vivo lung perfusion (EVLP) have not been studied. We assessed whether the novel…