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  • 2016 American Transplant Congress

    Kidney Transplant Outcomes in Patients with CPRA Values >98% After Implementation of the New OPTN/UNOS Kidney Allocation System (KAS): A Single Center Study Update.

    N. Kaur,1 S. Goral,1 J. Kearns,2 P. Abt,3 A. Naji,3 P. Porrett,3 M. Levine,3 M. Kamoun.2

    1Renal, Electrolyte and Hypertension Division, University of Pennsylvania Medical Center, Philadelphia; 2Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of Pennsylvania Medical Center, Philadelphia; 3Surgery, University of Pennsylvania Medical Center, Philadelphia.

    Background: Sensitized patients have had prolonged waiting times and greater incidence of death while on the waiting list. On December 4, 2014, UNOS/OPTN activated a…
  • 2016 American Transplant Congress

    Tipping the Scales: Liver Transplant Outcomes of the Super Obese.

    R. Gedaly, J. Berger, X. Mei, F. Marti, L. Turcios, M. Shah.

    Surgery, University of Kentucky, Lexington.

    Objective: We aim to study outcomes in liver transplant recipients with BMI >50 using the UNOS database.Methods: We reviewed patients undergoing liver transplantation recorded in…
  • 2016 American Transplant Congress

    Intra-Operative Hepatic Arterial Flow Predicts Hepatic Artery Complications After Deceased Donor Liver Transplantation.

    H. Fernandez, G. Testa, G. Klintmalm, P. Kim.

    Baylor University, Dallas, TX.

    IntroductionHepatic arterial flow (HAF) is important for post liver transplant outcomes. This study was conducted to determine the predictive value of measured intraoperative HAF on…
  • 2016 American Transplant Congress

    Renal Vein Thrombosis Incidence in 3976 Consecutive Kidney Transplants: Retrospective Analyses Focusing on Intraoperative Risk Factors.

    H. Marinho Neto, B. Leslie, J. Neves Neto, J. Offerni, A. Pessoa, M. Almeida, M. Nogueira, S. Ximenes, W. Aguiar, H. Tedesco, J. Medina Pestana.

    Kidney Hospital, São Paulo, Brazil.

    INTRODUCTION: Although rare (incidence of 0,1 to 8.2%), renal vein thrombosis is a major cause o early graft loss. Here we try to identify perioperative…
  • 2016 American Transplant Congress

    Impact of Early Hospital Readmissions After Kidney Transplantation on Graft Function.

    I.-K. Kim, M. Ju, S. Son.

    Surgery, Gangnam Severance Hospital, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.

    Early hospital readmissions are common after kidney transplantation. We investigated the relationship between early hospital readmissions and clinical outcomes in a single-center retrospective study that…
  • 2016 American Transplant Congress

    Polyfunctionality of CD8 T Cell Responses to Cytomegalovirus in Transplant Patients.

    L. Higdon,1 K. Margulies,2 J. Maltzman.1,3

    1Stanford University, Palo Alto; 2University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia; 3Veterans Administration Medical Center, Palo Alto.

    Background: Cytomegalovirus (CMV) infection causes significant morbidity including allograft damage in transplant patients. Primary infection with CMV is rapidly resolved in healthy individuals; memory T…
  • 2016 American Transplant Congress

    Parainfluenza-3 Infections Early After Kidney Transplantation.

    I. Helanterä,1 V.-J. Anttila,2 M. Lempinen.1

    1Transplantation and Liver Surgery, Helsinki University Hospital, Helsinki, Finland; 2Department of Infectious Diseases, Helsinki University Hospital, Helsinki, Finland.

    A. Purpose: Parainfluenza (PIV) is able to cause serious and even fatal infections after hematopoietic stem cell and lung transplantation. Limited data are available about…
  • 2016 American Transplant Congress

    Enhanced Natural Killer Responsiveness Is a Potent Cytotoxic Mechanism Associating to Kidney Allograft Dysfunction and Pathogenic Effects of Donor-Specific Antibodies (DSA).

    P. Paul,1,2 T. Legris,3 C. Picard,4 D. Todorova,1,2 L. Lyonnet,1 L. Daniel,5 B. Dussol,3,6 V. Moal,3 H. Vacher Coponat,3 Y. Berland,3 F. Dignat-George,1,2 S. Burtey.2,3

    1Hematology, Assistance Publique Hopitaux Marseille, Marseille, France; 2UMR-1076, VRCM, Aix Marseille University, INSERM, Marseille, France; 3Nephrology Dialysis Renal Transplantation Center, Assistance Publique Hopitaux Marseille, Marseille, France; 4Immunogenetics, Etablissement Français du Sang, Marseille, France; 5Anatomy, Pathology, Neuropathology, Assistance Publique Hopitaux Marseille, Marseille, France; 6Center for Clinical Investigation, Assistance Publique Hopitaux Marseille, Marseille, France.

    While antibody mediated rejection (ABMR) is a major cause of kidney transplant loss, the role of Natural Killer cells (NK) as immune effectors of complement-independent…
  • 2016 American Transplant Congress

    Factors Mediating Kidney Rejection in Patients of Simultaneous Liver-Kidney Transplants.

    R. Dong, A. Tambur, L. Gallon, J. Levitsky.

    Northwestern, Chicago, IL.

    BACKGROUND & AIM: Kidney grafts in simultaneous liver-kidney (SLK) recipients are considered to be immunologically protected due to hepatic tolerance, although recent studies have alternatively…
  • 2016 American Transplant Congress

    Novel Effect of miR-26a:Mdm2:p53 Pathway on Mouse Liver Regeneration.

    J. Zhou, W. Ju, X. Yuan, X. Jiao, D. Wang, X. Zhu, X. He.

    Organ Transplant Center, The First Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China.

    BACKGROUND: The deficiency of liver regeneration needs to be addressed in the fields of liver surgery, split liver transplantation and living donor liver transplantation. Researches…
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