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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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).
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.
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.
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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