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2019 American Transplant Congress
Correlation between Gene Expression and Cardiac Function in Ex Vivo Perfused Porcine Hearts
S. Rotich, N. Herbers, S. Hatami, J. Nagendran, M. Mengel, D. Freed, B. Adam
University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada
*Purpose: Cardiac transplantation is a life-saving intervention for advanced heart failure but it is limited by a shortage of suitable donor organs. Ex vivo heart…
2019 American Transplant Congress
Predicting Graft Function And Long-term Outcomes Following Kidney Transplantation Using An Intraoperative Tissue Oximetry Sensor
H. Lau, A. Shimomura, E. Tantisattamo, U. G. Reddy, D. Dafoe, H. Ichii
University of California Irvine, Orange, CA
*Purpose: Marginal kidneys have been increasingly used due to the severe shortage of organs. Deceased-donor kidney transplantation is associated with a higher incidence of delayed…
2019 American Transplant Congress
Comprehensive and Combined Transcriptomic and Proteomic Analysis Reveals Key Factors Underlying Ischemia-Reperfusion Injury in Human Liver Transplantation
S. Huang, X. He, C. Sun, Z. Guo, W. Ju, Z. Zhu, Q. Zhao, G. Chen
Organ Transplant Center, the First Affiliated Hospital of SYSU, Guangzhou, China
*Purpose: Ischemia-reperfusion injury (IRI) is a major challenge in liver resection and liver transplantation surgery. Hepatic IRI can seriously impair liver function and even cause…
2019 American Transplant Congress
Innate Immunity in Brain Dead Donors: Implications of Necroptosis in Kidney Allograft Outcomes
A. Ang¹, A. Zmijewska², T. M. Stevens³, J. Murphy¹, R. B. Mannon²
¹School of Medicine, UAB, Birmingham, AL, ²Medicine/Nephrology, UAB, Birmingham, AL, ³Pathology, UAB, Birmingham, AL
*Purpose: Regulated necrosis (necroptosis) has been implicated in renal injury from nephrotoxic agents and ischemia. With the use of suboptimal brain dead donors (BDDs) to…
2019 American Transplant Congress
Protective Effect of Ischemic-Free Liver Transplantation Technique on Distant Multiple Organ Function
L. Wang¹, Z. Guo¹, L. Yang², W. Xiong², S. Huang¹, T. Zhang², Y. Tang¹, Z. Zhang¹, Z. Zhu¹, C. Zhu¹, X. He¹
¹Organ Transplant Center, The First Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China, ²Department of Anesthesiology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China
*Purpose: Hypothermia, hypoxia and ischemia-reperfusion injury (IRI) in standard liver transplantation (SLT) are the main factors that affect graft function and cause damage to remote…
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Obese Simultaneous Pancreas And Kidney Transplant Recipients In Type 2 Diabetes Have Similar Risks Of Pancreas Failure As Non-obese
T. Alhamad¹, K. Espinoza¹, J. R. Wellen¹, S. Chang¹, D. C. Brennan², K. L. Lentine³
¹Washinton University in St. Louis, St. Louis, MO, ²Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, ³Saint Louis University, St. Louis, MO
*Purpose: In October 2014, United Network for Organ Sharing (UNOS) implemented criteria for simultaneous pancreas and kidney transplant (SPKT) in patients with c-peptide 2 >…
2019 American Transplant Congress
Donor-Derived Cell-Free DNA for Surveillance in Simultaneous Pancreas and Kidney Transplant Recipients, Can We Extrapolate from Kidney Transplant Alone?
O. K. Olaitan¹, S. Loeb¹, E. Hetterman², V. Peev¹, S. Saltzberg¹, M. Hertl¹, S. Dholakia²
¹Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, IL, ²CareDx, Brisbane, CA
*Purpose: Assessment and identification of early organ injury in Simultaneous Pancreas and Kidney (SPK) patients has clear clinical utility. This analysis was performed to establish…
2019 American Transplant Congress
Predicting Metabolic Outcomes in Islet Autotransplantation before Transplantation
M. A. Kanak, P. Saravanan, J. Kalivarathan, Y. Shindo, M. F. Levy
Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA
*Purpose: Total Pancreatectomy with Islet Auto-transplantation (TPIAT) has been actively performed on patients with severe, debilitating pain of chronic pancreatitis. The outcome of islet transplantation…
2019 American Transplant Congress
Excellent Outcome in African-American (AA), Type 1 and Type 2 Diabetic Recipients after Simultaneous Pancreas and Kidney Transplantation (SPK)
A. Gruessner, S. Saggi, R. W. Gruessner
SUNY Downstate Medical Center, Brooklyn, NY
*Purpose: African-American recipients (AA) are considered a high risk group for organ transplantation. As outcomes after pancreas transplantation have significantly improved, the number of transplants…
2019 American Transplant Congress
Utilization of LCP-Tacrolimus (ENVARSUS XR) in Simultaneous Pancreas and Kidney (SPK) Transplant Recipients
J. Torabi, A. Campbell, E. Akalin, M. Ajaimy, Y. Azzi, C. Pynadath, L. Liriano-Ward, J. P. Rocca, J. A. Graham
Montefiore Medical Center, Bronx, NY
*Purpose: The use of extended release tacrolimus (LCPT) allows for slow release of drug and once-daily dosing in transplant recipients. The improved bioavailability and decreased…