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2021 American Transplant Congress
Attitudes Regarding Transplantation During the Pandemic: Give Me My Kidney Now!
T. Menser¹, M. Hobeika², A. Gaber², H. Ibrahim²
¹Houston Methodist Research Institute, Houston, TX, ²Houston Methodist Hospital, Houston, TX
*Purpose: The transplant community faces ongoing challenges regarding the conduct of organ transplantation during the COVID-19 pandemic, and patient treatment preferences during the pandemic require…
2021 American Transplant Congress
Monoclonal Antibodies for Covid-19 in Patients with Solid Organ Transplant Recipients
L. Hasan¹, H. Hardgrave², T. Osborn³, R. Dare¹, L. Burdine⁴, E. Giorgakis⁴, J. Rico¹
¹Internal Medicine, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, AR, ²University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, AR, ³Surgery, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, AR, ⁴Transplant surgery, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, AR
*Purpose: The FDA has issued Emergency Use Authorization (EUA) for monoclonal antibodies for the treatment of mild to moderate COVID-19 in patients at risk for…
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Islet Allotransplantation Into Pre-vascularized Sernova Cell Pouch^TM – Preliminary Results from the University of Chicago
P. J. Bachul¹, P. E. Borek¹, G. S. Generette¹, A. Perez-Gutierrez¹, K. Jayant¹, K. Golab¹, L. Basto¹, L. Perea¹, M. Tibudan¹, C. Thomas², L. Philipson², J. Fung¹, P. Witkowski¹
¹Surgery, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, ²Medicine, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL
*Purpose: Previous first-in-human pilot study showed safety but the conditions did not allow for detectable islet function post-transplantation into the pre-vascularized Sernova Cell Pouches (SCPs)…
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Living Donor Liver Transplant for Unresectable Colorectal Metastasis: A Case Series
B. Emmanuel, H. Al-Harakeh, A. Humar, C. Hughes, A. Tevar, M. Molinari, A. Ganoza
Starzl Transplant Institute, UPMC, Pittsburgh, PA
*Purpose: Colorectal Cancer (CRC) represents the third most common malignancy worldwide. In the US, CRC lifetime risk is approximately 1 in 23 (4.4%) for men…
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Kidney Transplant Recipients Who Had Covid-19 Prior to Transplant: A Single-center Experience
S. Sultan, M. Aull, R. Craig-Schapiro, E. C. Liu, J. H. Lee, S. Kapur
New York Presbyterian / Weill Cornell, New York, NY
*Purpose: In the early recovery phase after the initial surge of the COVID-19 pandemic, a question emerged in the context of resuming transplant activity: should…
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T Cell Repertoire Diversity in HCV-Associated Hepatocellular Carcinoma Patients Waitlisted for Liver Transplantation and Receiving Liver-Directed Therapy
K. Nunez, T. Sandow, A. Cohen, P. Thevenot
Ochsner Health, New Orleans, LA
*Purpose: T cell receptor (TCR) sequencing in hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) patients revealed a diverse TCR repertoire in hepatitis B-associated HCC-infiltrating T cells. In this study,…
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NASH-Related HCC is Associated with Lower Rates of Post-Transplant HCC Recurrence: A Large Database Analysis
P. J. Altshuler, R. Lamm, K. Patel, H. Dang, O. Shaheen, A. P. Shah, J. Glorioso, C. G. Ramirez, A. M. Frank, W. R. Maley, A. S. Bodzin
Department of Surgery, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA
*Purpose: As incidence of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) and Non-Alcoholic Steatohepatitis (NASH) increase, NASH-related HCC is an increasingly common transplant indication. Large-scale studies evaluating transplantation for…
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Hla Antigens and Recurrence of Focal Segmental Glomerulosclerosis in Pediatric Kidney Transplantation
B. I. Shaw¹, A. Ochoa², C. Chan², R. A. Gbadegesin³, A. M. Jackson¹, E. T. Chambers³
¹Surgery, Duke University, Durham, NC, ²Biostatistics and Bioinformatics, Duke University, Durham, NC, ³Pediatrics, Duke University, Durham, NC
*Purpose: Recurrence of focal segmental glomerulosclerosis (FSGS) reduces graft survival yet risk factors remain elusive. While HLA risk alleles are known to be associated with…
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Intensive Blood Pressure Control Preserves Kidney Allograft Function
K. A. Agarwal¹, U. K. Agarwal², G. S. Silva³, K. J. Pollick³, M. Pavlakis¹
¹Transplant Institute, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA, ²Biostatistics consultant, Boston, MA, ³Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA
*Purpose: Kidney transplant recipients (KTRs) are at higher risk of major adverse cardiovascular events compared to the general population, with HTN being a crucial risk…
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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…