2016 American Transplant Congress
Don't Judge a Book by Its Cover: Normal Liver Enzymes After Transplantation Can Be Associated with Pathologies Requiring Intervention.
Background:Liver biopsies are employed post-transplant generally to evaluate abnormal liver enzymes (LE); however they are not without risk. Whether post-transplant protocol biopsies (PB) serve any…2016 American Transplant Congress
Cardiovascular Prognosis and Adverse Cardiac Events After Orthotopic Liver Transplantation.
University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy.
Cardiovascular (CV) disease is a major cause of morbidity and mortality among transplant candidate and recipients of noncardiac organs. Aiming to analyze the impact of…2016 American Transplant Congress
Combined Liver-Kidney Transplantation for Polycystic Liver and Kidney Disease: Analysis from the UNOS Dataset.
Surgery, University of Kentucky, Lexington.
Background: The purpose of this study was to evaluate predictors of outcomes in combined liver-kidney (L/K) transplants for PLD/PKD.Methods: We queried the UNOS dataset for…2016 American Transplant Congress
Differences in Tacrolimus Troughs and Doses Between Caucasians and African Americans with Two CYP3A5 Loss-of-Function Alleles: Looking Beyond CYP3A5 Expression.
Higher tacrolimus (TAC) dose requirements and lower TAC troughs (TT) in African Americans (AA) relative to Caucasians (CA) have been presumed to be due to…2016 American Transplant Congress
Changes in Fatigue After Kidney Transplantation.
Surgery, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD.
Previous research suggests that 60 to 97% of patients on dialysis experience fatigue, or a feeling of persistent tiredness or exhaustion. ESRD patients with fatigue…2016 American Transplant Congress
Reduced-Dose Cidofovir (CID) and CMV-Hyperimmune Globulin (CMVIg) for Ganciclovir-Resistant Cytomegalovirus: Effective and Kidney Friendly.
Houston Methodist Hospital, Houston, TX.
Ganciclovir resistant (GR) CMV is associated with an aggressive disease course and substantial morbidity. Furthermore, treatment options such as foscarnet and cidofovir are incredibly nephrotoxic.…2016 American Transplant Congress
Characteristics of Human Rhinovirus (HRV) Infections in Transplant Recipients.
Introduction:Although HRV is a common cause of benign upper respiratory infection, there are reports of HRV resulting in lower respiratory tract infection (LRTI) in HSCT…2016 American Transplant Congress
Focal C4d Staining in Biopsies of Kidney Transplant Recipients Is Not Associated with Antibody Mediated Rejection and Does Not Correlate with Graft Survival.
Transplant Institute, Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit, MI.
Introduction: While diffuse C4d positivity in kidney transplant peritubular capillaries(PTC) strongly co-relates with the presence of antibody mediated rejection(AMR),data on the significance of focal C4d…2016 American Transplant Congress
The Early Outcomes of Bortezomib Therapy in Patients with Late Antibody Mediated Rejection in Renal Transplantation.
Although several strategies for treating antibody mediated rejection (AMR) in renal transplants have been investigated, the formation of donor-specific antibodies (DSA) and ongoing AMR contribute…2016 American Transplant Congress
The Therapeutic Potential of Human Liver-Derived Stem Cell Transplantation in a Cirrhotic Liver Rat Model.
Cirrhosis is a long-term consequence of chronic hepatic injury and there are no effective treatment methods. Previous studies suggested that MSCs may ameliorate fibrogenesis through…
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