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  • 2017 American Transplant Congress

    Impact of STEEN vs Gelofusine as Perfusate During Normothermic Ex Vivo liver Perfusion on Outcome of Pig Liver Transplantation.

    I. Linares, D. Kollmann, J. Echeverri, M. Kaths, R. Rosales, C. Bruguera, M. Hamar, P. Urbanellis, S. Ganesh, N. Selzner, M. Selzner.

    Multiorgan Transplant Program, Toronto General Hospital, Toronto, ON, Canada

    European and North American clinical trials have used two different perfusate solutions for normothermic ex vivo liver perfusion (NEVLP): Gelofusine (bovine derived gelatin-based solution) and…
  • 2017 American Transplant Congress

    EPOR2/ßcR2-Independendent Effects of Low-Dose Epoetin-a in Porcine Liver Transplantation.

    L. Kebschull,1 F. Becker,1 L. Theilmann,1 B. Heitzplatz,2 W. Uennigmann,1 H. Spiegel,1 D. Palmes.1

    1Department for General and Visceral Surgery, University Hospital Münster, Münster, Germany; 2Pathology, University Hospital Münster, Münster, Germany

    Introduction: Ischemia-reperfusion injury (IRI) remains the key component of graft damage during transplantation. Mechanistically, cold-induced apoptosis, microcirculatory disturbances and radical oxygen species formation contribute to…
  • 2017 American Transplant Congress

    Healthcare Resource Utilization for Patients with Donor-Specific Antibodies Post-Kidney Transplantation.

    B. Ho,1 H. Bhagat,2 E. Lee,2,3 K. Atiemo,1 A. Daud,1 R. Kang,1 S. Montag,1,4 L. Zhao,1,4 J. Schwartz,2 D. Ladner.1

    1Northwestern University Transplant and Outcomes Research Collaborative (NUTORC), Chicago; 2Astellas Pharma Global Development, Northbrook; 3Now with UCB, Atlanta; 4Dept of Preventive Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago

    Formation of de novo donor-specific antibodies (dnDSA) against human leukocyte antigens (HLA) contributes to inferior kidney transplant (KT) outcomes. No data exist on healthcare resource…
  • 2017 American Transplant Congress

    Evaluating Patients' Experiences Towards Their Immunosuppressive Treatment: A Way to Improve Adherence.

    C. Villeneuve,1,2 M. Grau,1 M. Essig,2,3 S. Hegarat,3 J. Zoughbi,3 P. Marquet,1,2 C. Monchaud.1,2

    1Service of Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmacovigilance, CHU Limoges, Limoges, France; 2INSERM UMR850, INSERM, Limoges, France; 3Service of Nephrology, Dialysis and Transplantation, CHU Limoges, Limoges, France

    In transplantation, low therapeutic adherence is associated with an increased risk of rejection, chronic allograft dysfunction and graft loss. Improving adherence necessitates identifying its barriers,…
  • 2017 American Transplant Congress

    Role of Induction Therapy in Low Immune Risk Kidney Transplant Recipients: A Mate Kidney Analysis.

    M. Sampaio, K. Sureshkumar.

    Nephrology, Internal Medicine, Allegheny General Hospital, Pittsburgh, PA

    In the current era of powerful maintenance immunosuppression, it is unclear whether induction therapy positively adds to the outcomes in low immune risk kidney transplant…
  • 2017 American Transplant Congress

    Biliary Complications Following Liver Transplantation – Single-Center Experience Over Three Decades and Recent Risk Factors.

    A. Kaltenborn, A. Gutcke, H. Schrem, J. Gwiasda.

    Core Facility Quality Management Transplantation, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany

    This study aims to identify independent risk factors for biliary complications after liver transplantation over 3 decades in a large single center. 1607 consecutive liver…
  • 2017 American Transplant Congress

    Complications Requiring Reoperation After Pediatric Liver Transplantation.

    D. Yoeli, J. Moffett, K. Hosek, R. Ackah, R. Sigireddi, M. Kueht, N. Galvan, R. Cotton, A. Rana, C. O'Mahony, J. Goss.

    Department of Surgery, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX

    Context: Reoperative complications after liver transplantation have been shown to decrease patient and graft survival in adults; this effect, however, has not been studied in…
  • 2017 American Transplant Congress

    Safety of Liver Donation from Living Donors with Sickle Cell Trait.

    H. Elsiesy,1,2 M. Sturdevant,1 W. Al-Hamoudi,1 H. Elbeshbeshy,1 M. Al Sebayel,1 A. Jaafari,1 F. Abaalkhail.1,2

    1Liver Trasplantation, King Faisal Specialist Hospital & Research Center, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia; 2Medicine, Alfaisal University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia; 3Gastroenterology, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

    Background:Living donor liver transplant (LDLT) is an important source of organs particularly with the cadaveric organ shortage. It is the main source of liver transplant…
  • 2017 American Transplant Congress

    Preoperative Pulmonary Hypertension Is Not Associated with Adverse Outcomes After Lung Transplantation.

    S. Biswas Roy,1 M. Olson,2 D. Harned,1 P. Kang,3 R. Panchanathan,3 A. Hashimi,1 J. Huang,1 H. Abdelrazek,1 V. Patel,1 A. Omar,1 R. Bremner,1 M. Smith,1 R. Walia,1 A. Kalya.4

    1Norton Thoracic Institute, Phoenix; 2Grand Canyon University, Phoenix; 3University of Arizona, Phoenix; 4St. Joseph's Hospital and Medical Center, Phoenix

    Purpose: The effect of preoperative pulmonary hypertension (PH)[mdash]that is, mean pulmonary artery pressure (mPAP) of 25mmHg or higher[mdash]on lung transplantation (LTx) outcomes is debatable.Methods: We…
  • 2017 American Transplant Congress

    HLA, ANA, and ANCA Negative Vasculitis in Lung Transplantation Due to Overexpression of α1 Collagen V.

    E. Daoud,1 Y. Butt,1 F. Torres,2 T. Jose.1

    1Pathology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX; 2Lung Transplant Program, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX

    The mechanism of fibrosing vasculopathy in lung allograft is poorly understood. A 58 year old man received a bilateral lung transplant for interstitial lung disease.…
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