2016 American Transplant Congress
Impact of New Kidney Allocation System on Transplant Rates for Highly Sensitized Patients-Center Specific Study.
Comprehensive Transplant Center, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA.
Aim: Our renal transplant program promotes transplant of highly sensitized patients (pts) through desensitization and listing only strong antibodies as unacceptable antigens (UAs). UNOS implemented…2016 American Transplant Congress
Does Pre-Operative Transarterial Chemoembolization(TACE) Increase the Risk of Early Post-Operative Pancreatitis After Liver Transplantation(LT)?
University of Minnesota, Minneapolis.
Background: Post-TACE pancreatitis in HCC patients is well documented complications. We sought to determine if prior h/o TACE in addition to other risk factors(RF) contributes…2016 American Transplant Congress
National Trends of Acute Myocardial Infarction and Percutaneous Interventions in Liver Transplant Hospitalizations from 2006-2012.
RMTI, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY.
Introduction: Kidney transplantation has been associated with increased cardiovascular risk but the national epidemiology of acute myocardial infarctions (AMI) and percutaneous interventions (PCI) has not…2016 American Transplant Congress
Does Drain Placement Reduce the Risk of Peri-Graft Collections and Wound Complications After Kidney Transplant?
Introduction: Peri-graft collections and wound complications are common after kidney transplantation. Currently, it is unclear whether intraoperative drain placement can reduce the risk of peri-graft…2016 American Transplant Congress
Effect of Telehealth Monitoring on Early Hospital Readmission After Renal Transplantation.
Introduction: Early hospital readmission (EHR) is an important quality metric of hospitals' performance. Kidney transplant surgery has a high EHR rate. It is not known…2016 American Transplant Congress
Clinical Predictors of Progression and Clearance of Low Level CMV Viremia in Solid Organ Transplant Recipients.
Multi-Organ Transplant Program, University Health Network, Toronto, ON, Canada.
Background: Low level CMV viremia is common, and may either progress to higher viral loads that require therapy, or may spontaneously resolve. The clinical predictors…2016 American Transplant Congress
Evaluating Posttransplant BKV-Specific T Cell Responses in Patients with Alemtuzumab Induction and Belatacept-Based Regimen.
Department of Surgery, Duke University, Durham, NC.
Belatacept-based maintenance regimens prevent acute allograft rejection following alemtuzumab induction, and patients so treated maintain intact anti-CMV and -EBV T cell immune responses without viral…2016 American Transplant Congress
Digital Kidney Biopsy Evaluation: Quantification of Macrophage Prevalence in a Cross Sectional Study.
Standardized markers based on quantitative and qualitative evaluation of immune cell mass and localization in kidney biopsies may help in diagnosis and prognosis in transplantation…2016 American Transplant Congress
Presence of Highly Immunogenic Mismatch Eplets Is Associated with Development of Chronic Active Antibody-Mediated Rejection: A First Report from Japan.
Urology, Hokkaido University Hospital, Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan.
Backgrounds: De novo donor specific antibody (dnDSA) correlates with chronic active antibody-mediated rejection (CAAMR), a major leading cause of graft loss. It will be a…2016 American Transplant Congress
Absence of Host CD137 Signaling Converts Chronic GVHD Toward Acute GVHD.
CD137 functions mainly as a costimulatory molecule for T cell activation. However, its functions have been found in a variety of other immune and nonimmune…
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