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  • 2016 American Transplant Congress

    Treatment for AMR and DSA: A Center Based Review of Pediatric Orthotopic Heart Transplant Recipients.

    D. Drogalis-Kim,1 M. Hickey,2 J. Alejos,1 E. Reed,2 N. Halnon.1

    1Department of Pediatric Cardiology, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA; 2Department of Immunogenetics, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA.

    PURPOSE: The aim of this study was to retrospectively analyze the clinical course of pediatric orthotopic heart transplant patients diagnosed with antibody mediated rejection (AMR+)…
  • 2016 American Transplant Congress

    Diabetes Mellitus Status of the Donor and Prolonged Cold Ischemia Time Have a Synergistic Negative Effect on Graft Survival After Liver Transplantation.

    I. Brüggenwirth,1,2 N. Dolgin,1 P. Martins,1 B. Movahedi,1 A. Ahearn,1 R. Porte,2 A. Bozorgzadeh.1

    1Surgery, University of Massachusetts Medical Center, Worcester; 2Surgery, University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, Netherlands.

    Background: Both prolonged cold ischemia time (CIT) and a history of diabetes mellitus (DM) in the donor are associated with reduced graft survival after liver…
  • 2016 American Transplant Congress

    Impact of Donor AKI on Outcome Following High KDPI Deceased Donor Kidney Transplantation.

    D. Haakinson,1 I. Qaqish,2 M. Smith,3 H. Khamash,2 K. Reddy,1 R. Heilman.2

    1Transplant Surgery, Mayo Clinic Arizona, Phoenix, AZ; 2Nephrology, Mayo Clinic Arizona, Phoenix, AZ; 3Pathology, Mayo Clinic Arizona, Phoenix, AZ.

    Background: Transplanting deceased donor kidneys with AKI does not appear to have negative impact on graft survival, however the impact of AKI on high KDPI…
  • 2016 American Transplant Congress

    Pediatric En Bloc Kidney Transplants Reduce DGF and Are Misrepresented by the KDPI.

    M. Khan,1 H. El-Hennawy,1 A. Farney,1 J. Rogers,1 G. Orlando,1 A. Reeves-Daniel,2 A. Palanisamy,2 M. Gautreaux,3 S. Iskandar,3 W. Doares,4 S. Kaczmorski,4 R. Stratta.1

    1Surgery, Wake Forest, Winston-Salem, NC; 2Internal Medicine, Wake Forest, Winston-Salem, NC; 3Pathology, Wake Forest, Winston-Salem, NC; 4Pharmacy, Wake Forest, Winston-Salem, NC.

    Controversy exists regarding optimal use of kidneys from small pediatric donors (SPDs). The study purpose was to compare outcomes between single and dual en bloc…
  • 2016 American Transplant Congress

    Circulating Immune Complexes of IgA Bound to Beta 2 Glycoprotein I Is a Predictive Marker for Graft Loss in Patients Positive for IgA aB2GPI.

    J. Morales, M. Serrano, J. Martínez-Flores, D. Perez, M. Sevilla, O. Cabrera, A. Serrano.

    Immunology, Instituto de Investigación Hospital 12 de Octubre, Madrid, Spain.

    Pretransplant IgA anti Beta-2-Glycoprotein 1 antibodies (IgA aB2GPI) is a risk marker for early kidney graft lost, mainly by thrombosis. About 30% of patients are…
  • 2016 American Transplant Congress

    Fifty Is the New 40? An Argument to Uncap the MELD Score.

    J. DiNorcia,1 Y. Genyk,1 K. Andreoni,4 W. Kim,3 J. Levitsky,5 D. Mulligan,6 R. Sung,7 M. Nadim.1

    1Univ of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA; 2Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA; 3Univ of Florida, Gainesville, FL; 4Northwestern Univ, Chicago, IL; 5Yale Univ, New Haven, CT; 6Univ of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI.

    Background: The MELD score is used to prioritize patients awaiting liver transplantation (LT) and has been capped at 40 to prevent transplant futility in patients…
  • 2016 American Transplant Congress

    Outcomes for Liver Transplantation Using Organs from Donation After Cardiac Death Donors: A Single Center Experience.

    J. Vanatta, X. Zhao, V. Puri, R. Helmick, S. Nair, S. Satapathy, J. Eason.

    Transplantation, University of Tennessee/Methodist University Transplant Institute, Memphis, TN.

    Purpose: The use of donation after cardiac death (DCD) donors provides opportunity to help meet the demand for allografts needed for liver transplantation. However, concern…
  • 2016 American Transplant Congress

    Transplanting the Extremely Sensitized Patient: The University of Wisconsin Experience with the New Kidney Allocation System.

    E. Grodstein, R. Bennett, J. Anderson, G. Press, A. Djamali, D. Kaufman, R. Redfield.

    Department of Surgery, Division of Transplantation, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI.

    Background: The new UNOS kidney allocation system (KAS) prioritizes the transplant of highly sensitized patients with a calculated Panel Reactive Antibody (cPRA) ≥80 and extremely…
  • 2016 American Transplant Congress

    6 Minute Walk Test and FVC Analysis: A New Method to Prioritize Organ Allocation for Patients with COPD.

    I. Timofte, M. Terrin, M. Wijesinha, P. Sanchez, R. Pierson, E. Barr, J. Kim, Z. Kon, S. Pham, A. Iacono.

    University of Maryland, Baltimore, MD.

    Purpose: Lung transplantation remains the final therapeutic option for patients with end stage lung disease. COPD being one of the most severe common lung diseases…
  • 2016 American Transplant Congress

    Inconsistent HLA Antibody Reactivity Detected with Different Solid-Phase Assays.

    A. Jaramillo,1 L. Nelson,1 Y. Desmarteau,1 B. Labuda,2 K. Barrios,2 J. Lunz,2 R. Heilman,3 M. Pando.1

    1Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, Mayo Clinic, Phoenix, AZ; 2Gift of Hope Organ & Tissue Donor Network, Itasca, IL; 3Department of Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Phoenix, AZ.

    Precise determination of HLA antibodies is essential for patients awaiting transplantation. HLA antigens that are recognized by a patient are listed in UNOS as unacceptable…
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