Am J Transplant, Volume 16, Suppl 3 Archives - Page 95 of 180 - ATC Abstracts

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Predicting Early Cardiac Death After Kidney Transplantation.
K. Balabhadrapatruni, A. Liu, N. Sarabu, E. Sanchez, J. Augustine.
Medicine, University Hospitals Case Medical Center, Cleveland, OH.
Background: Early cardiac mortality is a devastating occurrence after transplantation. We sought to analyze risk factors and patient characteristics, including the estimated post transplant survival…
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Circulating Soluble-Klotho Levels Modestly Increase After Renal Transplantation.
S.-J. Tan,¹ A. Crosthwaite,² D. Langsford,³ V. Obeysekere,⁴ F. Ierino,^2,5 M. Roberts,^5,6 S. Holt,¹ T. Hewitson,¹ K. Dwyer,^3,5,7 N. Toussaint.¹
¹Dept of Nephrology, The Royal Melbourne Hospital, Melbourne, Australia; ²Dept of Nephrology, Austin Hospital, Heidelberg, Victoria, Australia; ³Dept of Nephrology, St Vincent's Hospital, Melbourne, Australia; ⁴Dept of Endocrinology, St Vincent's Hospital, Melbourne, Australia; ⁵Victorian Kidney Transplantation Collaborative, Melbourne, Australia; ⁶Dept of Renal Medicine, Eastern Health, Box Hill, Australia; ⁷School of Medicine, Deakin University, Geelong, Australia.
Background: Klotho, a co-receptor for FGF23, is predominantly expressed in kidney and reported to have anti-oxidant and anti-fibrotic properties. Soluble-Klotho (sKl), the cleaved circulating protein,…
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Pre-Mortem Cannulation and NECMO Preservation for DCD Liver Transplantation.
P. Ruiz,¹ M. Gastaca,¹ A. Valdivieso,¹ A. Ventoso,¹ I. Palomares,¹ M. Prieto,¹ J. Bustamante,² P. Salvador,² J. Ortiz de Urbina.¹
¹Liver Surgery and Liver Transplant Unit, Cruces University Hospital, Bilbao, Vizcaya, Spain; ²Hepatology and Liver Transplant Unit, Cruces University Hospital, Bilbao, Vizcaya, Spain.
Introduction: Herein, we present the short-term results of a controlled DCD liver transplantation program with pre-mortem cannulation and normothermic extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (NECMO) preservation.Material and…
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Increased Utilization of High Risk Deceased Donors with Share 35 Does Not Affect Outcomes in Liver Transplantation.
M. Boktour, A. Saharia, D. Victor, S. Gordon-Burroughs, C. Mobley, R. McFadden, V. Ankoma-Sey, J. Galati, A. Gaber, H. Monsour, R. Ghobrial.
Sherrie and Alan Conover Center for Liver Disease and Transplantation, Houston Methodist Hospital, Houston, TX.
Background: Demand for livers from deceased donors exceeds supply after Share 35 in June 2013. This leads liver transplant centers to consider high risk deceased…
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Outcomes in Lung Transplant Patients Requiring Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation (ECMO) in the Perioperative Period.
A. Habertheuer, M. Williams, S. Miller, E. Cantu, C. Bermudez, P. Vallabhajosyula.
Cardiovascular Surger, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA.
Objective As ECMO therapy is increasingly used to bridge high-risk patients with end-stage respiratory failure to lung transplantation, outcomes of this strategy employed in the…
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C3 Glomerulopathy Secondary to Complement Factor H Inhibition by Monoclonal Kappa Light Chains.
C. Blosser,¹ Y. Zhang,² T. Dhawale,³ C. Johnson,¹ P. Hendrie,³ R. Smith.²
¹Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, WA; ²Medicine & Surgery, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA; ³Medicine, Seattle Cancer Care Alliance, Seattle, WA.
Background: Monoclonal gammopathy of renal significance (MGRS) implies a causal relationship between clonal B cell proliferation and renal disease and is associated with high morbidity…
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Anti-HLA Antibodies in Allogeneic and Autologous Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation.
A. Bertocchi, L. Requiao-Moura, M. Torres, E. Tonato, M. Durao Junior, A. de Matos, N. Hamershclak, A. Pacheco-Silva.
Kidney Transplantation, Hematology, Histocompatibility Laboratory, Hospital Israelita Albert Einstein, Sao Paulo, Brazil.
Introduction: Anti-HLA antibodies have been associated with graft rejection in solid organ and hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT). The aim of this study was describe…
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Association of Genetic Polymorphisms in Complement Independent Pathways with Donor Specific Antibodies in Kidney Allograft Recipients.
Y. Chang,^1,2 T. Shah,^1,3 D. Min.¹
¹Western University of Health Sciences, Pomona, CA; ²Mendez National Institute of Transplantation Foundation, Los Angeles, CA; ³St. Vincent Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA.
Background: It is known that detection of donor specific antibodies (DSA) is associated with antibody mediated rejection (AMR) and poor allograft outcomes. DSA mediates graft…
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Safety, Efficacy, and Cost Saving Potential of Various Weight-Based Dosing for Thymoglobulin Induction Therapy in Kidney Transplant Recipients.
R. Miller,¹ H. Meadows,¹ S. Strout,¹ T. Veasey,¹ A. Mardis,¹ J. Fleming,¹ C. Mardis,¹ N. Pilch,¹ K. Chavin,² D. Taber.²
¹Department of Pharmacy, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC; ²Department of Surgery, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC.
Introduction: There are limited data assessing the appropriate weight to use when dosing Thymoglobulin for induction therapy. The aim of this study is to assess…
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Virtual Crossmatching Under the New KAS: Safely Bypassing a Physical Crossmatch When Allocating Kidneys to Highly Sensitized Candidates.
R. Bray,¹ R. Parsons,² N. Turgeon,² H. Gebel.¹
¹Pathology, Emory University, Atlanta, GA; ²Emory Transplant Center, Emory University, Atlanta, GA.
AIM: On 12/4/2014, the OPTN implemented a new KAS for deceased donor(DD) transplants which, among many changes, increased priority for highly sensitized (HS) candidates (cPRA>98%).…