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2021 American Transplant Congress
Death Among Living Liver Donors- Are We Overestimating the Risk?
H. J. Braun, A. M. Shui, N. L. Ascher, J. P. Roberts
University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA
*Purpose: In the United States, the estimated risk of death associated with live liver donation is currently quoted at 0.1% for left lobe donation, and…
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Prevalence and Dynamics of SARS-COV-2 IgG in Kidney Transplant Recipients
Y. Al Azzi, P. Loarte, C. Pynadath, O. Alani, L. Liriano-Ward, M. Ajaimy, R. Bartash, J. Graham, M. Le, H. Yaffe, S. Greenstein, J. Rocca, M. Kinkhabwala, E. Akalin
Montefiore Medical Center, New York, NY
*Purpose: We aimed to investigate the prevalence and dynamics of SARS-CoV-2 IgG in kidney transplant recipients in the Bronx, New York, one of the epicenters…
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Characterizing Kidney Transplant Recipients with SARS-CoV-2: An Academic Single Center Experience
S. Nahi, A. Shetty, S. Tanna, J. Leventhal
Northwestern University, Chicago, IL
*Purpose: Kidney transplant (KTx) recipients are a unique cohort in regard to SARS-CoV-2 susceptibility and clinical course, owing to their immunosuppressed state and propensity for…
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Segmental Susceptibility of Intestinal Stem Cells to Cold Storage Preservation Injury in a Porcine Model
E. K. Ludwig¹, N. Abraham², D. Sudan², A. Barbas², C. Schaaf¹, J. Freund¹, A. S. Stewart¹, B. Veerasammy¹, L. M. Gonzalez¹
¹North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, ²Duke University, Durham, NC
*Purpose: Cold storage (CS) is the current gold standard preservation method for small bowel (SB) prior to transplantation. However, CS can cause epithelial detachment, sloughing,…
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Waitlist and Post-Transplant Outcomes of Candidates With Lvad: Comparison of Old and New Heart Allocation Policies
M. Colvin¹, Y. Ahn², S. Hall³, M. Walsh⁴, A. Israni²
¹Univ of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, ²SRTR, Minneapolis, MN, ³Baylor Univ, Dallas, TX, ⁴St. Vincent Heart Ctr, Indianapolis, IN
*Purpose: The new heart allocation policy took effect in October 2018. Its risk stratification scheme prioritizes patients with short-term devices, raising concern that candidates with…
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Modification in Immunosuppression Regimens to Safely Perform Kidney Transplants Amid the Covid-19 Pandemic
L. Von Stein, O. Witkowsky, L. Samidurai, K. Flores, M. Doraiswamy, T. Pesavento, P. Singh
The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, Columbus, OH
*Purpose: In the USA, there was a 51.1% reduction in kidney transplant (KTx) since March 2020 due to concerns for contraction of COVID-19 in transplant…
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The Impact of Covid-19 in Kidney Transplant Recipients: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis
J. Kumar¹, J. Pyda², I. Reccia³, F. VIrdis⁴, P. Bachul¹, R. Barth¹, Y. Becker¹, J. Fung¹, P. Witkowski¹
¹University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, ²Beth Israel, Boston, MA, ³Imperial College, London, United Kingdom, ⁴Royal London, London, United Kingdom
*Purpose: To determine pooled prevalence of clinical outcomes among hospitalized kidney transplant recipients with COVID-19 through meta-analysis.*Methods: A systematic database search between Dec1, 2019- Dec1,…
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Waitlist and Post-Transplant Outcomes of Candidates with Iabp or Ecmo: Comparison of Old and New Heart Allocation Policies
M. Colvin¹, Y. Ahn², S. Hall³, M. Skeans², M. Walsh⁴, A. Israni²
¹Univ of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, ²SRTR, Minneapolis, MN, ³Baylor Univ, Dallas, TX, ⁴St. Vincent Heart Ctr, Indianapolis, IN
*Purpose: New heart allocation policy prioritizes candidates on short-term circulatory support to promote transplant of the sickest candidates. There has been a shift in the…
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Precision Medicine Tools in Kidney Transplant (KTx): Implications for Individualized Immunosupression Therapy and Downstream Cost-savings
S. Anand, J. Sanchez-Garcia, L. Dong, M. Fife, J. Krong, D. Morris, T. Srinivas
Intermountain Medical Center, Murray, UT
*Purpose: Kidney Tissue Transcriptomics (Tr) is an emerging adjunct to traditional histology for diagnosis of kidney rejection in KTx. The objective assessment and reliance on…
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The Impact of 4-weeks of Supervised Exercise on Frailty and Lower Extremity (LE) Function in Patients with Advanced Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD)
E. Lorenz, L. Hickson, R. Weatherly, K. Thompson, M. Hogan, C. Kennedy
Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN
*Purpose: Although frailty is a modifiable risk factor for morbidity and mortality among kidney transplant (KT) candidates, the optimal duration of effective prehabilitation interventions is…