2016 American Transplant Congress
Stratification of Kidney Transplant Recipients into Those with Low and High Alloreactive T-Cells May Allow Safe Conversion to mTOR-Inhibitor-Based Immunosuppression.
ZEUS and Herakles study randomized kidney transplant recipients (KTRs) to either continue cyclosporine or convert to everolimus posttransplantation with favorable long-term outcomes in the conversion…2016 American Transplant Congress
Clinical Outcomes of Simplified Once-Daily Immunosuppressive Regimen for Kidney Recipients.
Background. Many of immunosuppressive drugs have been prescribed as twice-daily dosing. Simplified once-daily dosing of the entire drug regimen can enable patients to improve treatment…2016 American Transplant Congress
Exosomes Expressing Cardiac Self-Antigens (Myosin and Vimentin) and Immuno-Regulatory miRNA Induce Graft Rejection.
Heart transplantation (HTx) remains an option for patients with cardiac diseases. However, humoral and cell mediated immune responses represent a major obstacle for long-term survival.…2016 American Transplant Congress
Qualitative Assessment of Patient-Perceived Treatment Burden Following Cardiac Transplantation.
Patient-perceived treatment burden (PPTB), i.e., “the work of being a patient,” following heart transplantation (HTx) can affect patients' experiences of care, sense of self-efficacy in…2016 American Transplant Congress
Only 13% of Liver Transplant (LT) Recipients with Moderate to Severe Kidney Disease (KD) Tolerate Conversion to Everolimus and Reduced Tacrolimus (EVR/rTac).
Liver Transplant, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA.
EVR/rTac has been reported to improve renal function in LT recipients with adequate kidney function (eGFR > 80ml/min); however, this strategy in LT patients with…2016 American Transplant Congress
Adopting the Kidney Donor Profile Index (KDPI)/Kidney Donor Risk Index (KDRI) for Japanese Donors After Cardiac Death.
Introduction: Due to a severe organ shortage, it is important to predict the outcome of grafts prior to kidney transplantation and establish an appropriate allocation…2016 American Transplant Congress
15-Years Experience with the EUROTRANSPLANT Senior Program.
1Universitätsklinikum Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany; 2Martin-Luther-Universität Halle, Halle, Germany.
Introduction: The ESP (Eurotransplant senior program), introduced in 1999 by EUROTRANSPLANT, is supposed to shorten the waiting period for elder recipients. The aim of this…2016 American Transplant Congress
Pre-Existing Diabetes Mellitus Type 2 and Insufficiently Controlled Post-Transplant HbA1c in Kidney Transplantation.
Nephrology, Charité University, Berlin, Germany.
Background Limited data have been reported on the outcomes of kidney transplant recipients (KTR) with pre-existing diabetes mellitus type 2 (preDM) at time of transplantation…2016 American Transplant Congress
Probability of Transplant (POT) Index: A Novel Method to Predict the Likelihood of an Adult Liver Transplant.
Background: Access to liver transplantation is limited by a multitude of factors, which are quite variable among transplant candidates, and is underscored by the shortage…2016 American Transplant Congress
Some DCD Livers Function as Well as DBD Livers: The Implications of Discarding Usable Livers.
Division of Transplantation, Department of Surgery, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI.
Background: Multiple single center and national database reports in the liver transplant literature have demonstrated that liver transplantation following donation after circulatory death (DCD) is…
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