Am J Transplant, Volume 16, Suppl 3 Archives - Page 162 of 180 - ATC Abstracts

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Everolimus and Low Dose Cyclosporine Immunosuppressive Regimen and Development of Anti HLA Donor Specific Antibodies.
E. Minetti,¹ L. Di Maria,¹ L. Caroti,¹ E. Buti,² P. Carta.¹
¹Nephrology unit, Careggi University Hospital, Florence, Italy; ²Nephrology Unit, Mayer Univerity Hospital, Florence, Italy.
Few data are available on the rate of de novo anti-HLA donor specific antibodies (DSA) with the use of everolimus in kidney transplant recipients.MaterialsWe selected…
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The Impact of Donor Origin on Survival after Orthotopic Heart Transplantation.
O. Kiamanesh, A. Khosla, C. Imai, E. Johansson, S. Virani, M. Davis, A. Cheung, J. Bashir, B. Munt, A. Ignaszewski, A. Kaan, M. Toma.
University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada.
BackgroundOrthotopic heart transplantation (OHT) is the gold standard for the management of select patients with end-stage heart failure, but limited by an ongoing organ donor…
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Predicting Emergence of Anti-HLA Class I and II Antibodies by Time Dependent Phenomapping in Heart Transplant Patients.
M. Bakir, N. Jackson, E. Chang, D. Henriquez-Ticas, C.-H. Tseng, T. Khuu, J. Zhang, E. Reed, M. Deng, M. Cadeiras.
Cardiology, University of California-Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA.
Purpose: The presence of circulating HLA antibodies which is termed allosensitization among heart transplant (HTx) candidates are associated with poorer posttransplant outcomes including increased morbidity…
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The Importance of KDPI in Simultaneous Liver and Kidney Transplant.
E. Chan,¹ M. Hertl,¹ J. Perkins.²
¹General Surgery, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, IL; ²Surgery, University of Washington, Seattle, WA.
Background: The use of the Donor Risk Index (DRI) in liver transplantation and the Kidney Donor Profile Index (KDPI) in kidney transplantation has been well…
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The Impact of Kidney Donor Profile Index (KDPI) on Rates of Delayed Graft Function (DGF).
T. Zens, G. Leverson, R. Redfield, P. Chlebeck, L. Zitur, D. Kaufman, L. Fernandez.
Surgery, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI.
Introduction: Delayed graft function (DGF) is the need for dialysis within the first 7 days after kidney transplantation. Immunologic and non-immunologic donor and recipient factors…
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Young Recipients Receiving Kidneys from Older Donors Have Poorer Allograft Outcomes.
A. Wardle, M. Willicombe, D. Goodall, A. McLean, D. Taube.
Imperial College Renal and Transplant Centre, Hammersmith Hospital, London, United Kingdom.
Introduction: An increasing number of marginal donors are being used in order to expand the donor pool. Age is one of the major criteria in…
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A Successful Approach to Kidney Transplantation in Patients with Secondary Hyperoxaluria.
J. Roodnat,¹ A. Mik-van Egmond,² W. Visser,² S. Berger,³ W. van der Meijden,⁴ F. Knauf,⁵ M. Agteren van,¹ M. Betjes,¹ E. Hoorn.¹
¹Internal Medicine, Erasmus MC, Rotterdam, Netherlands; ²Dietetics, Erasmus MC, Rotterdam, Netherlands; ³Internal Medicine, University Hospital, Groningen, Netherlands; ⁴Internal Medicine, Radboud University, Nijmegen, Netherlands; ⁵Nephrology and Hypertension, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität, Erlangen-Nürnberg, Germany.
Chronic oxalate nephropathy is observed secondary to enteric hyperoxaluria that is associated with malabsorption e.g. in short bowel syndrome. Kidney transplantation can be challenging given…
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Role of Donor Hemodynamic Trajectory in Determining Graft Survival in Liver Transplantation from Donation After Circulatory Death Donors.
D. Firl, K. Hashimoto, C. O'Rourke, J. Fung, B. Eghtesad.
Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland.
This retrospective study of 87 donation after circulatory death (DCD) liver transplants from 2007-2015 tested the hypothesis that donor hemodynamic trajectory following withdrawal effects graft…
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Outcomes of Living and Deceased Donor Liver Transplant Recipients According to the MELD Score.
J. Lee, J. Lee, S. Song, J. Lee, S.-K. Kwon, D. Joo, M. Ju, G. Choi, J. Choi, S. Kim, M. Kim.
Department of Surgery, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.
BackgroundLiving donor liver transplantation (LDLT) has developed as an alternative to decease donor liver transplantation (DDLT) to overcome the critical shortage of deceased organ donations.…
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An Analysis of Non-Tuberculous Mycobacteria (NTM) Infection and Colonization in Lung Transplant Recipients (LTRs) Post-Transplant: A Single Center Matched Cohort Study.
H. Kozlowski,^1,2 D. Kabbani,³ C. Chaparro,^1,2 L. Singer,^1,2 C. Rotstein,^1,2 S. Keshavjee,^1,2 S. Husain.^1,2
¹University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada; ²Toronto General Hospital, Toronto, ON, Canada; ³University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada.
PurposeNTM is a common infection after Lung transplantation. The role of presence of granuloma in the explanted lungs of LTRs in subsequent development of infection…