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2020 American Transplant Congress
The Negative Impact of Inherent Oxidative Stress in Marginal Lungs on Ex Vivo Lung Perfusion
K. Noda¹, B. J. Philips¹, M. Velayutham², T. Harano¹, P. Reck dos Santos¹, S. Shiva², P. G. Sanchez¹
¹Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, ²Department of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA
*Purpose: Identifying good quality grafts within the donor pool, ex vivo lung perfusion (EVLP) opens another window to evaluate grafts initially declined with marginal quality…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Evaluation of the Mitra Microsampling Device for TTV Measurement in Human Whole Blood of Lung Transplant Recipients
J. Mühlbacher¹, B. Lickefett¹, K. Doberer², B. Reiter³, S. Aberle⁴, G. Bond², P. Jaksch¹
¹Department of Surgery, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria, ²Department of Medicine III, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria, ³Clinical Institute of Laboratory Medicine, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria, ⁴Department of Virology, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
*Purpose: The apathogenic Torque Teno Virus (TTV) is highly prevalent among solid organ transplant recipients and mirrors the immunocompetence of its host. qPCR based measurement…
2020 American Transplant Congress
A Large Animal Model of Ex-Vivo Lung Perfusion as a Platform to Deliver Therapeutic Agents to Lungs Before Lung Transplant
T. M. Egan¹, B. Haithcock¹, M. H. Ali¹, J. W. Blackwell¹, B. Masuodi¹, S. Shipley², T. Long³, A. Akerman¹, S. Montgomery⁴, H. Yuan⁵, P. Stewart⁶, J. Potenziano⁷, C. Sekaran⁷, R. Fitch⁷
¹Surgery, UNC at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, ²Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, UNC at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, ³Pathology and Laboratory Medicine,, UNC at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, ⁴Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, UNC at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, ⁵Radiology, UNC at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, ⁶Gillings Global School of Public Health, UNC at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, ⁷Mallinckrodt Pharmaceuticals, Hazelwood, MO
*Purpose: Ex-vivo lung perfusion (EVLP) has been used to evaluate lung function before lung transplant (LT). We used EVLP to expose lungs recovered 6 hours…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Risk of Infectious Complications after GastroIntestinal Surgery in Renal Transplant Recipients
S. Karhadkar, P. Jacoby, T. Webster, A. Di Carlo
Temple University School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA
*Purpose: Solid organ transplantation remains the preferred treatment for patients with end stage organ diseases. In 2018 alone, 36, 527 organ transplants were performed in…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Assessment of Coronary Allograft Vasculopathy by Intravascular Ultrasound 6 Weeks and One Year after Heart Transplantation: A Single Center Study
A. Alam, E. Dib, H. Zafar, J. Felius, S. Hall, S. Joseph
Cardiology, Baylor University Medical Center, Dallas, TX
*Purpose: Coronary allograft vasculopathy (CAV) continues to be a common cause of morbidity and mortality in heart transplant recipients. Little is known about the timing…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Comparison of Stanford Integrated Psychosocial Assessment for Transplantation Scores to Medication Adherence Assessment Findings in Kidney Transplant Candidates Undergoing Living Donor Transplant
J. Trofe-Clark¹, G. Malat¹, M. Norris¹, M. Bleicher², E. Smith³, D. Sawinski², R. Weinrieb⁴, R. Bloom²
¹Pharmacy, Hospital of Univ of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, ²Renal Division, Univ of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, ³Social Work, Hosp of Univ of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, ⁴Pyschiatry, Univ of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
*Purpose: The Stanford Integrated Psychosocial Assessment for Transplantation (SIPAT) is a standardized, evaluation tool intended to assess psychosocial health in organ transplant candidates. The purpose…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Transpulmonary Gradient as a Predictor for Outcomes after Single Lung Transplantation in Patients with Pulmonary Hypertension
A. Madde¹, E. Chan², J. Ryan², P. Reck Dos Santos², M. Morrell³, J. Luketich², P. Sanchez²
¹University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA, ²UPMC Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Pittsburgh, PA, ³UPMC Division of Pulmonary Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA
*Purpose: End stage lung disease is commonly associated with pulmonary artery hypertension (PAH). In a donor restrictive environment, offering patients single over double lung transplants…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Resilience in Heart Transplant Candidates
Y. T. Bui¹, D. S. Yip², B. W. Hardaway³, S. M. Dunlay⁴, S. Jowsey-Gregoire⁵, R. Benzo⁶, R. C. Daly⁷, M. A. Hathcock⁸, K. Thompson⁹, C. C. Kennedy¹⁰
¹Mayo Clinic Alix School of Medicine, Rochester, MN, ²Department of Transplantation, Mayo Clinic, Jacksonville, FL, ³Division of Cardiovascular Diseases, Mayo Clinic, Scottsdale, AZ, ⁴Department of Cardiovascular Diseases, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, ⁵Department of Psychiatry, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, ⁶Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, ⁷Division of Cardiovascular Surgery, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, ⁸Biomedical Statistics and Informatics, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, ⁹Pulmonary Clinical Research Unit, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, ¹⁰William J. von Liebig Center for Transplantation and Regenerative Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN
*Purpose: Resilience is the capacity to adapt to or recover from adverse experiences. Our objective was to measure resilience in waitlisted, adult heart transplant candidates…
2020 American Transplant Congress
Health Mindsets Can Influence Psychosocial Ratings in Pediatric Renal Transplant Patients
R. Wright, A. Gallo, L. Maestretti, C. Mueller
Surgery, Stanford University, Stanford, CA
*Purpose: There is a large body of research which shows psychological states can influence health and behavioral outcomes, yet in clinical practice, psychosocial states are…
2020 American Transplant Congress
The Level of Plasm Donor-Derived Cell-Free DNA in Kidney Transplant Patients with Severe Pneumonia
L. Liu¹, H. Liu², F. Liu², L. Shu², L. Peng¹
¹Xiangyang Hospital No. 2 of Central South University, Changsha, China, ²AlloDx, Shanghai; Suzhou, China
*Purpose: Pulmonary infection is one of the common complications after kidney transplantation. Donor-derived cell-free DNA (ddcfDNA) is a new biomarker to diagnose allograft injury. Currently,…