2016 American Transplant Congress
Human Leukocyte Antigen-E Expression on Porcine GalTKO.hCD46 Cells Improves Ex-Vivo Xenograft Survival and Attenuates Injury.
1University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD; 2Revivicor, Inc, Blacksburg, VA.
Purpose:Lung xenografts are subject to injury mechanisms associated with the sequestration of human cells, including natural killer (NK) cells. To control NK cell associated injury,…2016 American Transplant Congress
Long-Term Outcomes After Pediatric Liver Transplantation for Malignant Liver Tumors: Effects of Era and Age.
Background: Hepatoblastoma (HB), hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), along with hemangioendothelioma, hemangiosarcoma, and angiosarcoma (HHA) are rare tumors in children that are treated with orthotopic liver transplantation…2016 American Transplant Congress
Barriers to Comprehensive Transplant Education at U.S. For-Profit Dialysis Centers and Associations with Waitlist Access.
1UCLA, Los Angeles, CA; 2St. Louis Univ., St. Louis, MO.
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) requires that dialysis patients be informed of their transplant options. Compared to non-profit dialysis centers, for-profit centers…2016 American Transplant Congress
Improving the Efficiency, Safety and Cost of Evaluating Living Donor Liver Candidates Using Single Sequence MRI.
Background: Current evaluation of donor candidates for adult-to-adult living donor liver transplant (LDLT) includes MRI and CT without and with contrast for defining liver anatomy.…2016 American Transplant Congress
Antibody-Mediated Rejection in Pancreas Transplantation.
PURPOSE: The diagnostic criteria for antibody-mediated rejection (AMR) in pancreas transplantation (PTx) is evolving. The incidence and long-term effect of AMR have not been well-described.…2016 American Transplant Congress
Surveillance Renal Allograft Biopsies Prognosticate Graft Function.
Background: Surveillance biopsy of the renal allograft provides a window into the health of the allograft and could allow prognostication of function by affording better…2016 American Transplant Congress
Early Hospital Readmission Following Kidney Re-Transplantation.
Surgery, Johns Hopkins University, School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD.
BACKGROUND: Among first time kideny transplant (KT) recipients the incidence of early hospital readmission (EHR) is 31%. Kidney re-transplants are more complex and we hypothesize…2016 American Transplant Congress
Predicting Obstructive Coronary Artery Disease in Asymptomatic Patients Undergoing Renal Transplantation Using a Simple Risk Score.
Imperial College Kidney and Transplant Centre, Hammersmith Hospital, London, United Kingdom.
PurposeCoronary angiography in asymptomatic patients with End Stage Renal Disease (ESRD) shows significant Coronary Artery Disease (CAD) (stenosis >50%) in 37-53% of patients. We have…2016 American Transplant Congress
Tolerance Induction with Donor Bone Marrow Transplantation in Kidney Transplantation.
Tolerance induction is considered to be a final goal in the field of organ transplantation. We have performed simultaneous bone marrow and kidney transplantation in…2016 American Transplant Congress
Factors Associated with Mortality Among a Large Population of Patients with Cirrhosis and a Low MELD (<15).
Northwestern University, Chicago.
AimStudies suggest that certain patients with liver cirrhosis and a low MELD score (<15) remain at high risk for mortality. Current data is largely limited…
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