Am J Transplant, Volume 16, Suppl 3 Archives - Page 155 of 180 - ATC Abstracts

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Utilization of HCV-Positive Donors' Kidneys: Potential Benefits in the Era of Direct Acting Antiviral (DAA) Therapy.
B. Amundsen,¹ M. Sise,² M. Lin,³ H. Deirawan,¹ E. Heher,² B. Kimball,¹ J. Markmann,¹ N. Elias.¹
¹Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA; ²Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA; ³Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA.
Organ shortage and expanding kidney waiting list fostered utilization of HCV positive donors' organs (HCVD+). HCVD+ kidneys have slightly worse long term outcomes compared with…
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HO-1/SIRT1/p53 Axis Regulates Macrophage Activation and Attenuates Liver Ischemia-Reperfusion Injury in Mice.
K. Nakamura,¹ M. Zhang,² B. Ke,¹ S. Kageyama,¹ R. Busuttil,¹ J. Araujo,² J. Kupiec-Weglinski.¹
¹Surgery, Liver Transplant, University of California-Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA; ²Medicine, Division of Cardiology, University of California-Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA.
Background/Aim: The mechanism by which macrophage heme oxygenase-1 (HO-1)-Sirtuin1 (SIRT1) signaling promotes resistance against inflammation response in liver ischemia-reperfusion injury (IRI) remains elusive. As tumor…
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Thoracic Simulation Allocation Modeling (TSAM) of a 6-Tier Allocation Strategy.
M. Colvin,¹ M. Skeans,¹ L. Robbins Callahan,² L. Edwards,² J. Zeglin,¹ S. Silvestry,³ R. Davies,⁴ M. Farr,⁵ A. Israni,¹ J. Rogers.⁶
¹SRTR, Minneapolis; ²UNOS, Richmond; ³Florida Hospital Transplant Inst, Orlando; ⁴Nemours/AI duPont Hosp for Children, Wilmington; ⁵Columbia Univ Medical Center, New York; ⁶Duke Univ, Durham.
Heart allocation policy (OPTN policy 6) is in development. To stratify medical urgency, the Heart Subcommittee of the OPTN Thoracic Committee developed a 6-tier algorithm…
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Risk Prediction of End-Stage Renal Disease in Living Kidney Donors.
A. Massie, E. Chow, D. Segev.
JHU, Baltimore.
Recent studies have shown inreased risk of end stage renal disease (ESRD) in living kidney donors compared to healthy nondonors. Donors must understand the risk…
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Long-Term Death-Censored Graft Loss in the DeKAF Study.
A. Matas,¹ A. Fieberg,¹ R. Leduc,¹ F. Cosio,² R. Gaston,³ R. Mannon,³ M. Cecka,⁴ D. Rush,⁷ B. Kasiske,⁵ S. Gourishankar,⁶ J. Connett,¹ J. Grande.²
¹U of MN, Mpls, MN; ²Mayo, Rochester, MN; ³UAB, Birmingham, AB; ⁴UCLA, LA, CA; ⁵HCMC, Mpls, MN; ⁶U Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada; ⁷UMB, Winnipeg, MB, Canada.
The aim of the Deterioration of Kidney Allograft Function study (DeKAF) was to identify and assess the pathologies of troubled kidney grafts, that is, those…
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Automated Web-Based Monitoring Identifies Significant Clinical Changes in Patients Awaiting Kidney Transplant.
H. Braun, M. Parente, R. Hirose, G. Roll.
Surgery, University of California-San Francisco, San Francisco, CA.
Intro: The accuracy and integrity of very large waiting lists are difficult to maintain over time. We implemented newly available information technology to increase access…
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Cognitive Impairment in Kidney Transplant Recipients.
A. Gupta,¹ D. Johnson,¹ G. Chen,¹ D. Subramaniam,¹ T. Polshak,¹ T. Thomas,¹ T. Schmitt,¹ D. Ladner,² A. Yu,¹ J. Burns.¹
¹University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, KS; ²Northwestern University, Chicago, IL.
Background: Cognitive impairment is highly prevalent in end stage renal disease. The prevalence of cognitive impairment after kidney transplantation and the factors associated with it…
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Comparison of Clinical Outcomes of Belatacept- and Tacrolimus-Based Immunosuppression in Renal Transplant Recipients.
X. Wen,¹ M. Casey,¹ A. Santos,¹ A. Hartzema,² K. Womer.¹
¹Department of Medicine, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL; ²Department of Pharmaceutical Outcomes and Policy, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL.
To examine the utilization and clinical outcomes of belatacept in the real clinical setting, a retrospective cohort study was conducted using SRTR data that compared…
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U.S. Dialysis Facility Characteristics Associated with Racial Disparities in Access to the Kidney Deceased Donor Transplant Waiting List.
J. Gander, L. Plantinga, S. Paul, S. Pastan, R. Patzer.
Emory University, Atlanta.
BACKGROUND Dialysis facility characteristics have been significantly associated with variation in U.S. transplant rates but facility characteristics associated with disparities in access to the kidney…
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An Improved Method for the Evaluation of Microvascular Inflammation in Renal Allograft Biopsies.
M. Rooney,¹ Z. Ping,² D. Samarapungavan,³ R. Hennigar.⁴
¹Incyte Diagnostics, Spokane Valley, WA; ²Pathology, Beaumont Hospitals, Royal Oak, MI; ³Nephrology, Beaumont Hospitals, Royal Oak, MI; ⁴Nephropathology Associates, Little Rock, AR.
Background: Microvascular inflammation (MVI), assessed as glomerulitis (g) + peritubular capillaritis (ptc), is associated with T cell mediated (CMR) and antibody mediated (AMR) allograft rejection.…