Am J Transplant, Volume 16, Suppl 3 Archives - Page 22 of 180 - ATC Abstracts

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Evaluation of Conformational Diversity of a Single HLA-I Molecule Coated on Single Antigen Beads: Potential Impact on Organ Allocation?
V. Jucaud, M. Ravindranath, P. Terasaki.
Terasaki Foundation Laboratory, Los Angeles, CA.
Recombinant HLA-I (rHLA-I) molecules are the antigenic targets used to screen HLA-I DSA in the sera of pre- or post-transplant patients. A conformational diversity, β2-microglobulin-associated…
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Vaccination of the Pediatric Patient After Transplantation – Attitudes and Knowledge of the General Pediatrician.
B. Gonzalez,¹ S. Worley,² A. Tang,² C. Saracusa,¹ J. Goldfarb.¹
¹Pediatric Infectious Diseases, Cleveland Clinic Children's, Cleveland, OH; ²Quantitative Heath Sciences, Cleveland Clinic Children's, Cleveland, OH.
Background: Studies have shown that compliance with post-transplant vaccinations in children is low. Postulated reasons for such low vaccination rates include the lack of familiarity…
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Kidney Transplantation Offers a Significant Survival Advantage Compared to Waitlisting, a Single Centre Experience.
G. Spanos,¹ N. Duncan,¹ P. Brookes,¹ S. Singh,¹ D. Goodall,¹ D. Moutzouris,¹ E. Evangelou,² M. Loucaidou.¹
¹Imperial College Renal Transplant Centre, Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust, London, United Kingdom; ²Department of Biostatistics and Epidemiology, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom.
Background: Kidney transplantation is associated with lower mortality and improved quality of life for patients with end stage renal disease (ESRD). Survival in dialysis and…
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A Multi-Modular Approach for Training in Liver Procurement Accelerates Proficiency Gain.
I. Al Hasan,^1,2 H. Sharma,^1,2 M. Tun-Abraham,¹ D. Quan.^1,2
¹Department of Surgery, Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry, University of Western Ontario, London, ON, Canada; ²Multi-Organ Transplant Program, London Health Sciences Centre, London, ON, Canada.
BACKGROUND: Modular training has been established as an educational tool in colorectal and urology surgery for the last 5 years. This modular operative approach is…
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Prospective Randomized Study of a Steroid Free, Low Dose Tacrolimus with Everolimus Regimen in Kidney Transplant.
A. Shetty, O. Traitanon, M. Ansari, J. Mathew, J. Leventhal, V. Mas, L. Gallon.
Northwestern University, Chicago, IL; University of Virginia, Chicago, IL.
Calcineurin inhibitors (CNI) serve as the cornerstone of immunosuppression (IS) after kidney transplant. However chronic CNI nephrotoxicity has been implicated in allograft dysfunction. We hypothesize…
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Comparison of Transplant Outcomes for Low-Dose and Standard-Dose Tacrolimus in Kidney Transplant Recipients.
J.-H. Cho, K. Kim, M. Kim, W. Do, Y. Yang, T. Yim, I. Hwang, J.-H. Lee, E. Kwon, H.-Y. Jung, J.-Y. Choi, S.-H. Park, Y.-L. Kim, C.-D. Kim.
Internal Medicine, Kyungpook National University School of Medicine, Daegu, Republic of Korea.
Objectives: There are few studies that compare the effect of different dose of tacrolimus after kidney transplantation. We investigated transplant outcome of low-dose and standard-dose…
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Assessment of Molecular Mechanisms of Non-Transplant Cardiac Hypertrophy in Cardiac Allograft Hypertrophy – An Exploratory Gene Array Study of Myocardial Biopsy Samples.
R. Araujo-Gutiérrez,^1,2 S. Ibarra-Cortez,^1,2 M. Park,¹ J. Estep,¹ G. Ashrith,¹ B. Trachtenberg,¹ G. Torre-Amione,¹ K. Youker,^1,2 A. Bhimaraj.¹
¹Houston Methodist DeBakey Heart & Vascular Center, Houston, TX; ²Houston Methodist Research Institute, Houston, TX.
Cardiac Allograft Hypertrophy (CAH) develops in up to 80% of patients as early as six months post-transplant, and is associated with decreased quality of life…
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Gene Expression Profiling Score and the Risk of Infection in Heart Transplant Recipients.
J. Teuteberg,¹ D. Budge,² M. Shullo,¹ S. Hall,³ J. Kobashigawa.⁴
¹University of Pittsburg, Pittsburgh, PA; ²Intermountain Medical Center, South Lake City, UT; ³Baylor University Medical Center, Dallas, TX; ⁴Cedars-Sinai Heart Institute, Los Angeles, CA.
Purpose: This study assessed the association of gene expression profiling (GEP, AlloMap®) score with infections in heart transplant recipients (HTR). Although a GEP score below…
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Prolonged Pre-Transplant Dialysis Duration Reverses the “Nephroprotective Effect” in Simultaneous Liver-Kidney Transplant Recipients.
M. Casey, X. Wen, A. Santos, S. Rehman, K. Womer.
University of Florida, Gainesville.
Past literature has suggested that simultaneous liver-kidney(SLK) transplant recipients may experience a nephroprotective effect compared to kidney(Ki) alone transplant recipients. Since hepatorenal syndrome is a…
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High KDPI Is a Predictor of Acute Rejection in Delayed Graft Function.
B. Muth,¹ J. Turk,¹ S. Parajuli,¹ D. Mandelbrot,¹ M. Mohamed,¹ R. Redfield,² D. Kaufman,² A. Djamali.^1,2
¹Department of Medicine, Division of Nephrology, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, WI; ²Department of Surgery, Division of Transplantation, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, WI.
The kidney donor profile index (KDPI) is a prognostic measure for graft function and survival. It is unclear whether it predicts acute rejection in patients…