2016 American Transplant Congress
Wait List Removals and Transplant Rates Are Significantly Associated with Transplant Center Performance Oversight.
Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH.
Prior studies indicate that low performance(LP) center evaluations by the SRTR are associated with reductions in transplant volume. There is limited information to determine whether…2016 American Transplant Congress
Utilization and Discard of HCV+ Donor Livers in the Advent of Direct-Acting Antiviral Therapy.
While 45% of liver candidates are hepatitis C (HCV)-antibody positive (+) and might benefit from a HCV+ donor liver, only a small proportion receive one.…2016 American Transplant Congress
Insights into the Treatment of Post-Transplant Focal Glomerulosclerosis: Experience Gained from a Concise Diagnostic and Management Protocol.
Background: Recurrence of Focal Glomerulosclerosis (FSGS) after kidney transplantation is associated with poor graft survival. We present results from a concise diagnostic and management protocol…2016 American Transplant Congress
Donor-Recipient Absolute Weight Mismatch and the Risk of Graft Loss in Renal Transplantation.
Background: Relatively smaller kidney donor to recipient size is proposed to result in increased graft loss due to nephron underdosing and hyperfiltration injury but few…2016 American Transplant Congress
Composite Score to Define the Risk of Allograft Loss After Standard-of-Care Treatment of Antibody-Mediated Rejection in Kidney Transplantation.
The development of a reliable surrogate endpoint for allograft survival after AMR treatment is a current unmet need in clinical transplantation (FDA AMR Workshop). We…2016 American Transplant Congress
Pre-Donation Weight Loss Postpones Living Kidney Donation without Attaining the Desired Weight Maintenance in the Midterm.
Renal Transplant Unit, Hospital Clinic, Barcelona, Spain.
Pre-donation weight loss in living kidney donation has two main objectives: reduce surgical risk, and decrease long-term complications from obesity and glomerular hypertrophy secondary to…2016 American Transplant Congress
MicroRNAs in Urinary Sediments as Non-Invasive Tool to Detect Acute Rejection After Kidney Transplantation.
MicroRNAs in urine are suitable targets for non-invasive detection of acute rejection (AR), since they represent relatively stable analytes. Indeed, we found that PCR signals…2016 American Transplant Congress
Influence of AKIN Stage on the Outcome of Deceased Donor Kidney Transplantation (DDKTx).
BackgroundTransplanting kidneys from donors with AKI is one of the methods to minimize the disparity between numbers of listed patient and donor pool. Our aim…2016 American Transplant Congress
No Significant Impact of KAS on Prior Living Kidney Donors' Access to Timely Transplant of High Quality Kidneys.
1UNOS, Richmond, VA; 2UH Case MC, Cleveland, OH.
BackgroundPrior living donors (PLDs) who develop ESRD post-donation have received priority on the kidney (KI) waiting list (WL) since 9/2/96. The new Kidney Allocation System…2016 American Transplant Congress
Complications of Dual Antiplatelet Therapy Among Recipients of Kidney Transplants.
Saint Barnabas Medical Center, Livingston, NJ.
Introduction: For patients undergoing percutanous coronary intervention (PCI) with drug-eluting stents, dual antiplatelet therapy (DAPT) is often used to prevent stent thrombosis. Kidney transplantation of…
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