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2019 American Transplant Congress
The Rapidly Aging Population of Liver Transplant Patients with Hepatocellular Carcinoma
J. B. Rubin, G. Cullaro, N. Mehta, J. C. Lai
Division of Gastroenterology & Hepatology, UCSF, San Francisco, CA
*Purpose: Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is the fastest rising cause of cancer-related mortality in the US and a leading indication for liver transplant (LT). Direct acting…
2019 American Transplant Congress
Comparison of Simultaneous Pancreas kidney Transplantation to Kidney Transplantation Alone for Type 2 Diabetes with End Stage Renal Disease
Y. Fu, Z. Shen
Kidney&Pancreas Transplant, Tianjin First Center Hospital, Tianjin, China
*Purpose: To compare the clinic outcomes of simultaneous pancreas-kidney transplantation (SPK) with kidney transplantation alone (KTA) in Type 2 Diabetes patients with ESRD.*Methods: 97 type…
2019 American Transplant Congress
Targeting Syk Signaling in Myeloid Cells Protects against Liver Fibrosis and Hepatocarcinogenesis
A. Torres-Hernandez, W. Wang, G. Miller
Surgery, NYU School of Medicine, New York, NY
*Purpose: The purpose of our study was to evaluate the mechanistic role of Spleen Tyrosine Kinase (SYK) signaling on the fibrosis - hepatocarcinogenesis axis and…
2019 American Transplant Congress
Willingness to Acquire Donor-Derived Hepatitis C Infection May Reduce Waitlist Mortality for Heart Transplant Candidates
B. E. Lonze, A. Reyentovich, N. Moazami, D. E. Smith, C. Gidea, R. A. Montgomery
NYU Langone Transplant Institute, New York, NY
*Purpose: Hearts from deceased donors with hepatitis C infection (HCV+) are disproportionately discarded because most waitlist registrants are HCV negative (HCV-). For some with end-organ…
2019 American Transplant Congress
The First Human Organ Transported by Drone and Steps Forward to Large Scale Organ Drone Use in the USA
J. R. Scalea¹, M. Scassero², N. Wereley³
¹Surgery, University of Maryland, Baltimore, MD, ²UAS Test Site, University of Maryland, California, MD, ³Aerospace Engineering, University of Maryland, College Park, MD
*Purpose: Organ transportation has yet to be substantially innovated. Cold ischemia times (CIT) for kidneys are too long, and prolongation of CIT leads to delayed…
2019 American Transplant Congress
A Step-Wise Desensitization Using Rituximab&Bortezomib Combined with Antithymocyte Globulin for Highly Sensitized Kidney Transplant Candidates
H. Ohdan, K. Ide, M. Ohira, H. Tahara, Y. Tanaka
Hiroshima University, Hiroshima, Japan
*Purpose: In highly HLA sensitized patients, both memory B and T cells responding to donor-specific HLA in addition to plasma cells secreting anti-HLA Abs are…
2019 American Transplant Congress
Clinical Trial of Allogeneic Islet Transplantation in the Treatment of Diabetes after Renal Transplantation
W. liang, M. Hu, G. Peng, D. Zhou, C. Zeng, W. Zhou, q. Ye, Z. Wang
Zhongnan Hospital of Wuhan University, Institute of Hepatobiliary Diseases, Wuhan, China
*Purpose: Diabetes after renal transplantation is one of the most serious complications after renal transplantation. It has a serious impact to the survival of kidney…
2019 American Transplant Congress
Outcomes Analysis of U.S. Transplant Centers Performing High Volumes of Hard to Place Kidneys
Y. Qazi¹, D. Bahl², N. Mehta³, Z. Haddad⁴, M. Smogorzewski⁴
¹USC, Los Angeles, CA, ²UC Davis, Sacramento, CA, ³UC Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, ⁴Keck Medical Center At USC, Los Angeles, CA
*Purpose: Despite a growing number of patients awaiting a kidney transplant, discard rate remains significantly high. The UNOS SRTR data now provides information on all…
2019 American Transplant Congress
Impact of the Pediatric End-Stage Liver Disease Growth Failure Threshold on Waitlist Mortality in Children Awaiting Liver Transplant
S. M. Swenson, J. P. Roberts, S. Rhee, E. R. Perito
University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA
*Purpose: To examine the impact on waitlist mortality of Pediatric End-Stage Liver Disease (PELD)’s incorporation of growth failure (GF) as a threshold variable—present or absent…
2019 American Transplant Congress
Supercooling Preservation Prolonged Mouse Cardiac Graft Cold Ischemia Time
W. Que¹, X. Hu¹, M. Fujino¹, Y. Yamada², L. Zhong³, X. Li¹
¹Division of Transplantation Immunology, National Research Institute for Child Health and Development, Tokyo, Japan, ²Technican Co., Ltd., Kanagawa, Japan, ³Department of Surgery, Shanghai General Hospital, shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China
*Purpose: Supercooling preservation techniques store a donor organ below 0°C without freezing. This has great advantages in inhibiting metabolism and preserving the organ in comparison…