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2021 American Transplant Congress
Post-Transplant Outcomes Comparing A2 Incompatible to Compatible Deceased Donor Liver Transplant Recipients
T. Chiang, M. A. Eagleson, S. Bae, J. Garonzik-Wang, D. Segev, A. B. Massie
Department of Surgery, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD
*Purpose: Transplantation of A2 livers into type O and B recipients (A2i DDLT) is a growing modality to increase access to DDLT for O and…
2021 American Transplant Congress
Liver Simulated Allocation Model (LSAM) of a Height-Based Policy Change to Improve Sex Disparity in Liver Transplantation (LT)
S. Bernards¹, E. Lee¹, N. Leung², H. Zhao², M. Akan³, M. Sarkar¹, S. Tayur³, N. Mehta¹
¹UCSF, SF, CA, ²City U, HK, Hong Kong, ³CMU, Pittsburgh, PA
*Purpose: Since the introduction of the MELD-based allocation system, women are now 30% less likely than men to undergo LT and have 20% higher waitlist…
2021 American Transplant Congress
Geographic Divergence in Waitlist Registration and Trends in Waitlist Removal for Liver Transplantation in Patients with Nonalcoholic Steatohepatitis (NASH)
C. Hanlon¹, B. Saberi², L. Yuan¹
¹Internal Medicine - Transplant Hepatology, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, ²Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA
*Purpose: This study aims to evaluate regional trends of waitlist (WL) registrations and removal for liver transplantation (LT) among United States (US) adults listed for…
2021 American Transplant Congress
Donor-Derived Cell-Free DNA Can Differentiate Rejection versus Other Causes of Pancreas Transplant Dysfunction
N. Ali¹, J. Miles², Z. Stewart Lewis¹
¹Transplant Institute, NYU Langone Health, New York, NY, ²CareDx, Brisbane, CA
*Purpose: Assessment and early detection of allograft injury in simultaneous pancreas and kidney (SPK) transplant recipients has clear benefits for optimizing treatment and intervention. Donor-derived…
2021 American Transplant Congress
Living Donor versus Deceased Donor Pediatric Liver Transplantation: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Outcomes
A. Barbetta¹, C. Butler², S. Barhouma², R. Hogen¹, B. Roque¹, H. Schillperoort³, G. Meeberg⁴, J. Shapiro⁵, Y. Kwon¹, R. Kohli⁶, J. Emamaullee¹
¹Surgery, abdominal transplat, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, ²University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, ³Norris Medical Library, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, ⁴Department of Surgery, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada, ⁵Department of Surgery,, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada, ⁶Department of Pediatrics, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA
*Purpose: Reduced size deceased donors and living donor liver transplantation (LDLT) can help address the organ shortage for pediatric liver transplant candidates. Concerns regarding technical…
2021 American Transplant Congress
Living Organ Donor Perspectives on Covid-19 Vaccines
M. N. Harhay¹, A. Klassen², H. Zaidi¹, M. Mittelman³, R. Bertha³, R. Mannon⁴, K. Lentine⁵
¹Medicine, Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA, ²Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA, ³American Living Organ Donor Fund, Philadelphia, PA, ⁴University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE, ⁵Saint Louis University, Saint Louis, MO
*Purpose: Promoting widespread COVID-19 vaccinations is a crucial strategy to protect living organ donors and transplant recipients during the pandemic. We examined perspectives and sources…
2021 American Transplant Congress
Endocrine Cell Identity and HOMA-B In Patients with Chronic Pancreatitis Undergoing Islet Auto-transplantation
C. A. Beamish¹, O. Gaber², O. M. Sabek²
¹Surgery, Houston Mehodist Hospital, Houston, TX, ²Surgery, Houston Mehodist, Houston, TX
*Purpose: Islet identity loss is an emergent factor in dysglycemia in diabetes, islet transplantation, and chronic pancreatitis (CP). Pancreatectomy and islet auto-transplantation (PIAT) for CP…
2021 American Transplant Congress
Temporal Changes in Renal Function Predict Waitlist Death or Deterioration in Pediatric Liver Transplantation
N. Thalji, L. Thalji, S. Ibrahim, T. Diwan, P. Kamath, J. Heimbach
Mayo Clinic Rochester, Minnesota, Rochester, MN
*Purpose: Renal dysfunction at the time of listing predicts inferior waitlist outcomes in pediatric liver transplant candidates, independent of the Pediatric End-Stage Liver Disease (PELD)…
2021 American Transplant Congress
Influence of Controlled Donation After Circulatory Death (cdcd) on Waiting List Mortalityfor Liver Transplantation in the Last 10 Years: The Spanish Experience
F. Alconchel, M. Royo-Villanova, J. Moya, L. Martínez-Alarcón, J. Zambudio, P. Cascales-Campos, T. Nicolás, R. Robles, F. Sánchez-Bueno, J. Pons, J. Rodríguez, A. Ríos, J. Fernández, P. Ramírez
University Hospital Virgen Arrixaca (IMIB-Arrixaca), Murcia, Spain
*Purpose: Controlled donation after circulatory death (cDCD) provides one third of liver donors in Spain nowadays. The aim of our work is to evaluate the…
2021 American Transplant Congress
Impact of Liver Acuity Circles on Timing of Donor Procurements
R. Radhakrishnan, D. Goldberg
University of Miami, Miami, FL
*Purpose: The Acuity Circles (AC) policy in liver transplantation led to broader organ sharing, whereby many organ procurement organization (OPOs) had to coordinate organ offers…