Am J Transplant, Volume 17, Suppl 3 Archives - Page 133 of 181 - ATC Abstracts

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Hepatitis C Genotypes Among Deceased Organ Donors in the United States.
D. Goldberg,¹ V. Van Deerlin,¹ M. Farooqi,¹ A. Sicilia,¹ R. Hasz,² R. Bloom,¹ E. Blumberg,¹ C. Gentile,¹ P. Abt,¹ P. Reese.¹
¹University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA; ²Gift of Life, Philadelphia, PA
Background: HCV is one of the leading causes of liver disease in the US. 5% of deceased organ donors are HCV+ and HCV infection is…
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Hypogammaglobulinemia in Pediatric Heart Transplant Candidates Is Not Corrected by Transplantation.
R. Madan,¹ R. Penkert,² J. Dara,¹ J. Lamour,¹ B. Herold,¹ J. Hurwitz.²
¹Pediatrics, Albert Einstein College of Medicine and The Children's Hospital at Montefiore, Bronx, NY; ²Infectious Diseases, St Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN
Introduction: Hypogammaglobulinemia (HG) is associated with poor outcomes in adult heart transplant recipients but is not well studied in pediatric recipients. We therefore investigated longitudinal…
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NK Cells Respond to CMV Lysate by Inducing IFNγ and CD107a Surface Expression in an Antibody-Dependent Manner: This Represents a Cytokine Flow Cytometry (CFC) Assay That Could Assess Antibody-Dependent Cell-Mediated Cytotoxicity (ADCC) as a Marker of CMV Immunity in Transplant Recipients.
S. Ge, C. Maggie, B.-H. Shin, A. Karasyov, S. Jordan, M. Toyoda.
Transplant Immunology Laboratory and Comprehensive Transplant Center, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA
Background: Viral infections represent significant morbidity factors for transplant recipients. Tools to assess the efficacy of viral-specific responses are lacking. ADCC is the major antibody-mediated…
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Decision Tree Analysis of Renal Transplantation Recipients Outcomes: A Single Center Data Mining in the Big Data Era.
J. Zhou,¹ Y. Shen,² R. Wang,¹ H. Huang,¹ J. Wu,¹ J. Chen.¹
¹Kidney Disease Center, the First Affiliated Hospital, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China; ²Department of Epidemiology, College of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China
Background This is the era of big data and it may help manage clinical practice better. Decision tree analysis is a useful data mining tool…
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Impact of Type 2 Surgical Injuries in Postmortem Donor Kidneys on the Post-Transplant Outcomes When Compared to Mate Non-Injured Kidney from the Same Donor.
M. Mujtaba,¹ A. Gamilla-Crudo,¹ K. Gugliuzza,² O. Aleter,¹ S. Shah,¹ Y. Chapman,³ J. Reese,³ S. Masood,¹ T. Taber.⁴
¹Division of Nephrology and Hypertension, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX; ²Department of Surgery, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX; ³Southwest Transplant Alliance, Dallas, TX; ⁴Division of Nephrology, Indiana University, Indianapolis, IN
Introduction - While damage to the procured organ is rare with organ loss being approximately 0.3% of procured organs, loss of potential transplantable organs does…
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Early Outcomes of Kidney Transplantation When Comparing Waist-to-Hip Ratio vs. Body Mass Index.
R. Patankar,¹ A. Gamilla-Crudo,¹ K. Gugliuzza,² O. Salim,³ S. Shah,¹ F. Ikram,⁴ M. Mujtaba.¹
¹Division of Nephrology and Hypertension, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX; ²Department of Surgery, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX; ³Department of Internal Medicine, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX; ⁴University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX
Introduction - High body mass index (BMI) is a concern for kidney transplantation due to wound infections and other surgical complications. BMI has been used…
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Proposal for HCC Exception Points to Match Drop Out Risk.
H. Yeh,³ M. Akan,¹ N.-H. Leung,² J. Markmann,³ S. Tayur.¹
¹CMU, Pittsburgh; ²City U, Hong Kong, Hong Kong; ³MGH, Boston
Background: Recent changes in HCC exception point policy aims to equalize wait list outcomes between HCC and non-HCC patients, but remains dissociated from tumor biology.…
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Extraction Time During Liver Retrieval Impairs Survival After Transplantation.
I. Jochmans,¹ S. Fieuws,² I. Tieken,³ U. Samuel,³ J. Pirenne.¹
¹Abdominal Transplantation, UZ Leuven, Leuven, Belgium; ²ICBSB, UZ Leuven, Leuven, Belgium; ³Eurotransplant, Leiden, Netherlands
During donor hepatectomy, despite topic cooling to 10-20[deg]C, the liver still sustains warm ischemia that might be harmful.We investigated the relationship between extraction time (ET)…
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Simultaneous Pancreas-Kidney Transplantation and Center Volume: Bigger Is Not Necessarily Better.
T. Alhamad,¹ A. Malone,¹ D. Brennan,¹ R. Stratta,³ J. Wellen,¹ K. Lentine.²
¹Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis; ²Saint Louis University, St. Louis; ³Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem
Successful simultaneous pancreas-kidney (SPK) transplantation requires surgical expertise and multidisciplinary medical management. The impact of transplant center volume on pancreas allograft survival after SPK is…
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Insulin Therapy in Pancreas Donors as a Predictor of Subsequent Transplant Outcome.
I. Shapey,¹ H. Khambalia,² A. Summers,² T. Augustine,² M. Rutter,¹ D. van Dellen.¹
¹Division of Diabetes, Endocrinology and Gastroenterology, University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom; ²Department of Renal and Pancreas Transplantation, Central Manchester University Hospitals, Manchester, United Kingdom
Introduction: Brain stem death causes high levels of systemic catecholamines and inflammation affecting all organs. These changes, and the routine use of high-dose corticosteroids in…