2017 American Transplant Congress
The Impact of Scleroderma Diagnosis on Lung Transplant Outcomes: A Single Center's Experience.
Medicine, Weill Cornell Medical College, Houston Methodist Hospital, Houston, TX
Patients with scleroderma (SSC) associated restrictive lung disease (RD) and pulmonary hypertension (PH) are often turned down for lung transplant due to associated co-morbidities, particularly…2017 American Transplant Congress
Comparing Outcomes Between Technical Variant Liver Allografts and Whole Allografts in Pediatric Liver Transplantation: A Single Center's Experience.
Objective: To compare the outcome of technical variant liver transplants to whole allograft liver transplants in pediatric recipients.Methods: A single center retrospective analysis of outcomes…2017 American Transplant Congress
Long-Term Follow-Up of the Safety and Effects of Bariatric Surgery on Immunosuppression in Post-Transplant Patients.
Objectives: To report the safety and feasibility of maintaining immunosuppression and graft safety after bariatric surgery among solid organ transplanted patients.Summary Background Data: Transplanted patients…2017 American Transplant Congress
A Swine for Human MHC Class I Swap: Implications for Xenotransplantation.
Background: Xenotransplantation is a potential supply-side solution to the growing need for life-saving transplantable organs, but it was not until the recent advances in genetic…2017 American Transplant Congress
APRIL/BLyS Inhibition Reduces Donor Specific Antibody in Sensitized Mice.
Background: Highly sensitized candidates on the kidney transplant waitlist remain a significant challenge as current desensitization protocols have variable success rates. Improved therapies are therefore…2017 American Transplant Congress
Kidney Size Does Not Matter: Should the Decision to Split Pediatric En Bloc Donor Kidneys Be Based on Donor Weight Rather Than Kidney Length?
Division of Transplant Surgery, University of California, Davis, Sacramento, CA
Background: Deceased donor kidneys from pediatric donors have been used with good results. However, there is little consensus on the criteria used to safely split…2017 American Transplant Congress
ABO Incompatible Deceased Donor Renal Transplantation: Exploring the Possibilities.
Background: There is significant variation in waiting times for deceased donor (DD) renal transplants based on recipient blood group. Furthermore, there is an increased discard…2017 American Transplant Congress
Increasing Living Donation by Implementing the Kidney Coach Program.
Recanati Miller Transplantation Institute, Mount Sinai Hospital, New York, NY
Introduction: It is firmly established that for patients requiring transplant, living donor kidney transplantation (LDKT) is better than deceased donor transplantation. However, recipients find it…2017 American Transplant Congress
Risk of Major Bleeding in Solid Organ Transplant Recipients Taking Calcineurin Inhibitors Concomitantly with Direct Oral Anticoagulants Compared to Warfarin.
Pharmacy, CHI St. Luke's Health-Baylor St. Luke's Medical Center, Houston, TX
Purpose: Direct oral anticoagulants (DOAC) and calcineurin inhibitors (CNI) are both substrates of CYP 3A metabolism; therefore, the purpose of this study is to assess…2017 American Transplant Congress
Sequential Surgical Strategy for Heart-Kidney Transplantation.
Purpose: To describe a unique sequential surgical strategy for heart-kidney transplantation.Methods: We reviewed all 6 patients who received combined heart-kidney transplants at our institution between…
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