2016 American Transplant Congress
Early Post Renal Transplant aHUS in Patients with Heterozygous CFHR3-CFHR1 Deletion.
Renal Division, Washington University, Saint Louis, MO.
Background: Atypical hemolytic uremic syndrome (aHUS) is a rare disease with a triad of microangiopathic hemolytic anemia, thrombocytopenia, and acute renal failure. Subjects homozygous for…2016 American Transplant Congress
Learning Curve of Laparoscopic Donor Nephrectomy for Abdominal Transplant Surgery Fellows.
PURPOSE: Laparoscopic donor nephrectomy (LDN) requires a high degree of surgical competence and skill. UNOS recommends that fellowship-trained surgeons participate in 15 LDN to be…2016 American Transplant Congress
Phenotype and Outcome of Antibody-Mediated Rejection Due to Pre-Existing and De Novo DSA in Kidney Recipients.
Antibody-mediated rejection (ABMR) presents with either pre-existing or de novo DSA. The aim of the study was to compare the two ABMR phenotypes and their…2016 American Transplant Congress
Lower Rates of Living Donor Kidney Transplantation(LD) Among African Americans: What Prevents Higher Rates of Donation?
MedStar Georgetown Transplant Institute, Washington, DC.
Purpose: African Americans (AA) are less likely to undergo LD kidney transplantation. Reasons may include decreased health literacy, increased obesity, or hypertension. We sought to…2016 American Transplant Congress
Implications of Subclinical Borderline Acute Cellular Rejection Detected in Protocol Biopsies on Graft Outcomes.
Background: The effects of subclinical borderline acute cellular rejection (BACR-defined as I1T1 per Banff criteria) detected in protocol biopsies (Bx) on subsequent graft function and…2016 American Transplant Congress
Removing Geographic and Financial Barriers for Directed Living Kidney Donations: Lessons from Kidney Paired Donation.
1Univ Hosp Case Med Ctr, Cleveland, OH; 2UNOS, Richmond, VA.
Living donor (LD) kidney (K) transplants (Tx), which peaked at 6647 in 2004 (42.5% of tx), decreased by 2014 to 5538 (32.4% of tx). Although…2016 American Transplant Congress
ABO Incompatible Living Related Kidney Transplantation: Results of a Matched-Pair Analysis with ABO Compatible Living Donation.
Background: Organ shortage has led to an increase in living related kidney transplantation of ABO compatible (ABOc) as well as ABO incompatible (ABOi) organs. Here…2016 American Transplant Congress
Age and Education Level Are Predictors of Patient Preferences for Educational Formats in ESRD Patients Undergoing Transplant Education.
Background: Health literacy impacts hospitalizations and mortality. ESRD patients have reduced health literacy due to a high proportion of lower educational background and socioeconomic resources.…2016 American Transplant Congress
Limited Efficacy of Bortezomib on Desensitization via Rapid Humoral Compensation in a Sensitized Rhesus Model.
1Surgery, Duke University, Durham; 2Surgery, Emory University, Atlanta.
Sensitized patients comprise a significant proportion (30%) of candidates on the waiting list for transplantation. With recent evidence that the presence of donor-specific antibodies (DSA)…2016 American Transplant Congress
Immunologic Basis for Immunocloaking.
1BREONICS Inc., Watervliet, NY; 2Plastic Surgery, University of Utrecht, Utrecht, Netherlands.
A novel organ-specific immunomodifying therapy referred to as immunocloaking (IC) provides protection from early allograft rejection without immunosuppressive drugs. The IC binds to the surfaces…
- « Previous Page
- 1
- …
- 33
- 34
- 35
- 36
- 37
- …
- 180
- Next Page »