2017 American Transplant Congress
Transplantation of Hepatitis C Kidneys to Hepatitis C Recipients Confers Significantly Shorter Waiting Times in the Era of the New Kidney Allocation System.
Nashville VA Medical Center, Nashville, TN
Background: Prior to the new KAS, transplantation with HCV+ compared to HCV- kidneys provided shorter waiting times on the deceased donor list. In the current…2017 American Transplant Congress
Cost-Effectiveness of Renal Machine Perfusion Use After Long Cold Ischemia Time.
High cold ischemia time (CIT) and inadequate care of donors in Brazil lead to a high incidence of delayed graft function (DGF), 60%-70%, and as…2017 American Transplant Congress
Association with Tacrolimus Intraindividual Variability, Acute Microinflammation Based on 1 Year-Transplanted Kidney Biopsy After Transplantation, and Biopsy-Proven Acute Rejection.
Surgery, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
Background: The purpose of this study was to investigate relationship between tacrolimus intraindividual variability (IIV), acute microinflammation (AMI) based on 1 year-transplanted kidney biopsy, and…2017 American Transplant Congress
Long Wait Time Regions for Liver Transplantation for HCC Have a Higher Cumulative Incidence of Death.
Abdominal Transplantation, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA
Purpose: To determine the effect of regional variability in wait timeon survival of patients with hepatocellular carcinoma(HCC) listed for deceased donor liver transplantation(DDLT).Methods: Patients age>18…2017 American Transplant Congress
Simultaneous or Sequential Heart-Liver Transplantation Confer Superior Survival in Patients with Listed for Heart-Liver Transplantation: A National Analysis.
1Duke School of Medicine, Durham, NC; 2Dept of Surgery, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC
Background: Simultaneous heart-liver transplantation (TXP), for patients with combined heart and liver failure, confers survival benefit over remaining on the waitlist. Whether heart TXP followed…2017 American Transplant Congress
Assessment of the Risk Index for Living Donor Kidney Transplantation (LKDPI) in a European Cohort.
Nephrology, Charité Universitaetsmedizin, Berlin, Germany
Introduction: Recently, a risk index for living donor kidney transplantation (LKDPI) was proposed (Massie et al. AJT 2016) to compare living donor kidneys (LDK) to…2017 American Transplant Congress
Impact of Antihypertensive (AHT) Choice and Advagraf® Dose on Immunologic Events in Renal Allografts 24 Months Post-Transplantation (Tx).
Renal allograft inflammation may be modulated by ACEi- or ARB-type AHTs (renin-angiotensin system (RAS)-targeting drugs that may inhibit calcineurin) or by optimizing tacrolimus (TAC) exposure.…2017 American Transplant Congress
Pre-Transplant Evaluation of KSORTSM to Assess Risk for Rejection in Highly Sensitized Patients.
Study purpose: To investigate the kSORTSM molecular expression assay for immune risk assessment in renal transplant (tx) recipients prior to tx for correlation of pre-tx…2017 American Transplant Congress
Desensitization versus Deceased Donor Kidney Transplantation: What to Choose When Both Become Available?
1UCSF, San Francisco; 2Johns Hopkins, Baltimore; 3NYU, New York
Kidney allocation system changes have improved deceased donor kidney transplant (DDKT) access for highly sensitized patients. For patients with a willing live donor but requiring…2017 American Transplant Congress
Is Deceased Donor Kidney Transplantation (DDTX) Justified in Patients with More Than 10 Years of Pre-TX Dialysis Exposure?
Background: The new kidney allocation system (KAS) led to an increase in DDTX among patients with ≥10 years of pre-TX dialysis exposure. We aimed to…
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